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abudawud:2426Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Mahdī > Ghaylān > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī > Abū Qatādah Bihadhā al-Ḥadīth Zād

He said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about keeping fast on Monday and Thursday. He said: On it I was born, and on it the Qur'an was first revealed to me.  

أبو داود:٢٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلاَنُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ زَادَ قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ صَوْمَ يَوْمِ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمِ الْخَمِيسِ قَالَ فِيهِ وُلِدْتُ وَفِيهِ أُنْزِلَ عَلَىَّ الْقُرْآنُ