[Machine] A man asked the Prophet ﷺ about fasting on the Day of Arafah. He said, "I hope that Allah will consider it as expiation for the sins of the previous year and the coming year." The man asked, "What do you think about someone who fasts the entire year?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "He neither fasted nor broke his fast." The man asked again, "What do you think of someone who fasts one day and breaks his fast the next day?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "That is the fasting of my brother Dawud (David) ﷺ ." The man asked once more, "What do you think of someone who fasts one day and breaks his fast for two days?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "I wish I could fast like that." The man asked, "What do you think of someone who fasts for two days and breaks his fast for one day?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Who can endure that?" Then, the Prophet ﷺ was asked about fasting on the Day of Ashura. He said, "I hope that Allah will consider it as expiation for the sins of one year."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللهِ كَفَّارَةَ سَنَتَيْنِ مَاضِيَةٍ وَمُسْتَقْبَلَةٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ؟ قَالَ لَا صَامَ وَلَا أَفْطَرَ أَوْ مَا صَامَ وَمَا أَفْطَرَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا؟ قَالَ ذَاكَ صَوْمُ أَخِي دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمَيْنِ؟ قَالَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي طُوِّقْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يَصُومُ يَوْمَيْنِ وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا؟ قَالَ وَمَنْ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ؟ قَالَ أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللهِ كَفَّارَةَ سَنَةٍ