[Machine] Abu Hurairah was in a journey and when they stopped, they sent for him while he was praying. He said, "I am fasting." When they laid out the food and were about to eat, he came and they said, "Come and eat." So he ate. Then the people looked at the Messenger of Allah and he said, "What are you looking at?" They said, "Abu Hurairah said that he was fasting." Abu Hurairah said, "He spoke the truth and indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fasting for the month of patience and three days from every month is fasting for the whole lifetime. So I have fasted for three days from the beginning of the month and now I am breaking my fast in response to the concession of Allah while still being considered a fasting person in the eyes of Allah.' "
أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَلَمَّا وَضَعُوا الطَّعَامَ وَكَادُوا أَنْ يَفْرَغُوا جَاءَ فَقَالُوا هَلُمَّ فَكُلْ فَأَكَلَ فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ فَقَالَ مَا تَنْظُرُونَ؟ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ صَدَقَ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ وَثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ كُلِّهِ فَقَدْ صُمْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ فَأَنَا مُفْطِرٌ فِي تَخْفِيفِ اللهِ صَائِمٌ فِي تَضْعِيفِ اللهِ