“Iheard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘(Prophet) Nuh fasted for alifetime, except for the Day of Fitr and the Day of Adha.’”

“Whoever fastssixdays after the Fitr will have completed the year, for whoever doesagood deed will have the reward of ten like it.”

“Umar bin Khattab said: ‘OMessenger of Allah! What about a person who fasts two days and doesnot fast one day?’ He said: ‘Is anyone able to do that?’ Hesaid: ‘OMessenger of Allah! What about a person who fasts one dayand not thenext?’ He said: ‘That is the fast of Dawud.’ Hesaid: ‘What about aman who fasts one day and does not fast thenext two days?’ He said:‘I wish that I were given the ability todo that.’”

“The most beloved fast to Allah is the fast of Dawud,forhe used to fast one day and not the next. And the most beloved ofprayer to Allah is the prayer of Dawud; he used to sleep half of thenight, pray one-third of the night and sleep one-sixth of the night.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto fast until we thought he would never stop fasting. And he usedtonot fast until we thought we would never fast. And he never fastedany complete month apart from Ramadan, from the time he came toAl-Madinah.”

“I asked ‘Aishah about thefasting of the Prophet (ﷺ). She said: ‘He used to fast until wethought he would always fast. And he used to not fast until wethoughthe would always not fast. I never saw him fast more in anymonth thanin Sha’ban. He used to fast all of Sha’ban; he used tofast all ofSha’ban except a little.’”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast three days of each month.” Isaid: “Which were they?” She said: “He did not care which daystheywere.”

“Whoever fasts three days in every month, that is fasting for alifetime.” Then, in testimony of that, Allah revealed: “Whoeverbringsa good deed shall have ten time the like thereof to hiscredit.”[6:160] So one day is equivalent to ten (in reward).

“There is no fasting for one who fasts continually.”

TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to enjoin fasting the bright days –the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth (when the moon is full). Hesaid: “It is like fasting for a lifetime.” Another chain from 'Abdul-Malik bin Qatadah bin Malhan Al-Qaisi, from his father, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording. Ibn Majah said: Shu'bah erred (in the name of one of the narrators)and Hammam was correct.

“TheProphet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever fasts continually, he neither fastsnor breaks his fast.’”

“I asked Umm Salamah about a man whogets up in the morning when he is in a state of sexual impurity andwants to fast. She said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to getupin the morning in a state of sexual impurity after havingintercourse,not from a wet dream, then he would take a bath andcomplete hisfast.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to spendthenight in a state of sexual impurity, then Bilal would come to himandinform him that it is time for prayer. So he would get up and haveabath, and I would see the water dripping from his head, then hewouldgo out and I would hear his voice during Fajr prayer.” (One of the narrators) Mutarrif said: "I said to Amir: 'Was that during Ramadan?' He said: 'InRamadan and at other times.'"

“I heard Abuhurairah say: ‘No, by the Lord of the Ka’bah! I did not say:“Whoeverwakes up in a state of sexual impurity (and wants to fast)then hemust not fast.” Muhammad (ﷺ) said it.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wouldenter upon me and say: ‘Do you have anything (any food)?’ If wesaid: ‘No,’ he would say: ‘Then I am fasting.’ So he wouldcontinuefasting, then it we were given some food, he would break hisfast.”She said: “Sometimes he would fast and (then) break fast(i.e.,combine fasting and breaking fast in one day).” I said: “Howis that?”She said: “Like the one who goes out with charity(i.e., something togive in charity),and he gives some away and keepssome.”

"Thereis no fast for the one who did not make it incumbent uponhimselffrom the night before."

"Whenany one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. Ifhecannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is ameans of purification."

"The people will remain upon goodness so long as they hasten tobreak the fast. Hasten to break the fast, for the Jews delay it."

“Thepeople will remain upon goodness as long as they hasten to breaktheirfast.”

“The Adhan of Bilal should not prevent anyone of youfromeating Suhur, for he gives the Adhan to alert those among youwho areasleep, and so that anyone who is praying can prepare himselfforfasting. The Fajr does not come in this manner, rather it comesinthis manner, and it appears along the horizon.”