[Machine] I am fasting, then at the end of the day I saw someone eating. He was asked about it, and he said, "I fast three days of every month, and that is the fasting of a lifetime." Abdullah said, "I found in the book of Bishr that he asked Wakee' about that, and he said, 'When one wants to have the reward that comes from fasting for three days, it is sufficient for him to say, "I am fasting" even though he is not fasting.' He said, 'If he intends to do so, then there is no harm.' And I asked Mu'afa about a person passing by people playing chess, is it okay for him to greet them? He said, 'No, for Sufyan says to me, "Greet them and give them orders."' Mu'afa said, 'If he does not give them orders, then no.'"  

إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَرُؤِيَ مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ يَأْكُلُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصُومُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ الدَّهْرِ 1568 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ وَكِيعًا عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْأَثَرَ الَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْ صِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ تَرَى ذَلِكَ يُجْزِئُهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ وَلَيْسَ بِصَائِمٍ قَالَ إِذَا ضَبَطَ النِّيَّةَ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَسَأَلْتُ الْمُعَافَى عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَمُرُّ بِمَنْ يَلْعَبُ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ تَرَى لَهُ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ لَا إِنَّ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ لِيُسَلِّمْ وَيَأْمُرْ قَالَ الْمُعَافَى إِنْ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ فَلَا