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bayhaqi:8448Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Dāwud al-Munādī > Yūnus b. Muḥammad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah > Saʾalat

I asked 'Aishah: Would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fast three days every month ? She replied: Yes. I asked: Which days in the month he used to fast ? She replied: He did not care which days of the month he fasted. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2453)   

البيهقي:٨٤٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُنَادِي ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ

عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ مِنْ أِيِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ؟ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ يُبَالِي مِنْ أِيِّ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ بْنِ فَرُّوخَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ

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muslim:1160Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah

Yes I said to her: Which were (the particular) days of the month on which he observed fast? She said: He was not particular about the days of the month on which to observe fast.  

مسلم:١١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي مُعَاذَةُ الْعَدَوِيَّةُ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ يَصُومُ  

abudawud:2453Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

I asked 'Aishah: Would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fast three days every month ? She replied: Yes. I asked: Which days in the month he used to fast ? She replied: He did not care which days of the month he fasted.  

أبو داود:٢٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَىِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ