[Machine] I heard Abu Uthman Al Nahdi say, "I visited Abu Hurairah seven times, and he, his wife, and his servant would stay up for three parts of the night. He would pray this (pointing), then wake this person up and they would pray, then wake this person up and they would pray." I said, "O Abu Hurairah, how do you fast?" He said, "As for me, I fast three days at the beginning of the month. If something occurs to me, like an illness, then I fast during the last part of the month." I also heard Abu Hurairah say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once divided some dates among his companions, and I received seven dates. One of them was wrinkled, and there was nothing in them that was more appealing to me than it. It satisfied my hunger."  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيَّ يَقُولُ تَضَيَّفْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَبْعًا فَكَانَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَخَادِمُهُ يَعْتَقِبُونَ اللَّيْلَ أَثْلَاثًا يُصَلِّي هَذَا ثُمَّ يُوقِظُ هَذَا وَيُصَلِّي هَذَا ثُمَّ يُوقِظُ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَيْفَ تَصُومُ؟ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَصُومُمِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ حَدَثَ بِي حَدَثٌ كَانَ آخِرُ شَهْرِي قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ تَمْرًا فَأَصَابَنِي سَبْعُ تَمَرَاتٍ إِحْدَاهُنَّ حَشَفَةٌ وَمَا كَانَ فِيهِنَّ شَيْءٌ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا إِنَّهَا شَدَّتْ مَضَاغِي