{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_632.htm","path":"isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_632.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_632.htm","text":"Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:\nAllah's Apostle was informed that I have said: \"By Allah, I will fast all the days and pray all the nights as long as I live.\" On that, Allah's Apostle asked me. \"Are you the one who says: 'I will fast all the days and pray all the nights as long as I live?' \" I said, \"Yes, I have said it.\" He said, \"You cannot do that. So fast (sometimes) and do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three days a month, for the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the fasting of three days a month equals the fasting of a year.\" I said, \"O Allah's Apostle! I can do (fast) more than this.\" He said, \"Fast on every third day. I said: I can do (fast) more than that, He said: \"Fast on alternate days and this was the fasting of David which is the most moderate sort of fasting.\" I said, \"O Allah's Apostle! I can do (fast) more than that.\" He said, \"There is nothing better than that.\"","title":"4:629: Abdullah bin Amr: Allah's Apostle was informed that I have said: By Allah, I will fast ...","type":"page"}