Hadith #383
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ فَيَّاضٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِيَاضٍ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صُمْ يَوْمًا وَلَكَ أَجْرُ مَا بَقِيَ حَتَّى عَدَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةً شُعْبَةُ يَشُكُّ قَالَ صُمْ أَفْضَلَ الصَّوْمِ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا
Isnad Chain
شعبة
زياد بن فياض
أبي عياض
عبد الله بن عمرو يقول
English Translation
Rawh narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Ziyad ibn Fayyad, from Abu 'Iyad, who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Amr (رضي الله عنهما) saying: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'Fast one day and you will have the reward of what remains.' I said: 'I can do more than that.' He said: 'Fast two days and you will have the reward of what remains.' I said: 'I can do more.' He said: 'Fast three days.' I kept asking for more until he said: 'The most beloved fasting to Allah is the fasting of Dawud عليه السلام: he would fast one day and break his fast the next.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 16, Hadith 383
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6621
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43011