[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: "O Abdullah ibn Amr, you fast the entire year. When you fast all year and stand in prayer at night, you expose yourself to the attacks of the evil eye and are susceptible to the desires of the self. No one can fast perpetually. Fast for three days every month; this is equivalent to fasting the whole year." I said: "I am capable of fasting more." He said: "Fast like the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him. He used to fast one day and break his fast the next day, and he never left off fasting when he would meet someone." And Ru'h narrated that the self becomes corrupted for him.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وحَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ حَبِيبَ بْنَ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ الشَّاعِرَ وَكَانَ صَدُوقًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِابْنَ عَمْرٍو إِنَّكَ تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ فَإِذَا صُمْتَ الدَّهْرَ وَقُمْتَ اللَّيْلَ هَجَمَتْ لَهُ الْعَيْنُ وَنَفِهَتْ لَهُ النَّفْسُ لَا صَامَ مَنْ صَامَ الْأَبَدَ صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ صَوْمَ الدَّهْرِ كُلِّهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ صُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا وَلَا يَفِرُّ إِذَا لَاقَى وَقَالَ رَوْحٌ نَهِثَتْ لَهُ النَّفْسُ