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nasai-kubra:2753ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Sayf b. ʿUbaydullāh from Khiyār al-Khalq > al-Aswad b. Shaybān > Abū Nawfal b. Abū ʿAqrab from his father

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting and he said: 'Fast one day of the month.' I said: 'Fast one day of the month.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, let me do more, let me do more.' He said: 'Let me do more, let mo do more; I am able for it.' Then the Messenger of Allah fell silent until I thought that he was going to refuse my request. Then he said: 'fast three days of each month."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2433)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٧٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيْفُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْخَلْقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فَقَالَ «صُمْ يَوْمًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زِدْنِي قَالَ يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «زِدْنِي زِدْنِي صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «زِدْنِي زِدْنِي إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا» فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَزِيدَنِي قَالَ «صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»  


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nasai:2433ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Sayf b. ʿUbaydullāh from Khiyār al-Khalq > al-Aswad b. Shaybān > Abū Nawfal b. Abū ʿAqrab from his father

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting and he said: 'Fast one day of the month.' I said: 'Fast one day of the month.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, let me do more, let me do more.' He said: 'Let me do more, let mo do more; I am able for it.' Then the Messenger of Allah fell silent until I thought that he was going to refuse my request. Then he said: 'fast three days of each month."'  

النسائي:٢٤٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَيْفُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْخَلْقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فَقَالَ صُمْ يَوْمًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي قَالَ تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَقَالَ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيَرُدُّنِي قَالَ صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ  

nasai:2434ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Salāam > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Aswad b. Shaybān > Abū Nawfal b. Abū ʿAqrab from his father

"Fast one day of each month." He asked him for more, saying: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you, I am able." He said: "Fast two days of each month." He said" May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, I am able." The Messenger of Allah said: "I am able, I am able." He did not want to increase it, but when I insisted, the Messenger of Allah said: "Fast three days of each month." (Sahih) The end of what the Shaikh had about fasting, all praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds.  

النسائي:٢٤٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فَقَالَ صُمْ يَوْمًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَاسْتَزَادَهُ قَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَزَادَهُ قَالَ صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَقَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَمَا كَادَ أَنْ يَزِيدَهُ فَلَمَّا أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ  

ahmad:19051Wakīʿ > al-Aswad b. Shaybān > Abū Nawfal b. Abū ʿAqrab from his father

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ about fasting, and he said, "Fast one day out of every month." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am capable of more." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am also capable of more. Fast two days out of every month." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, increase me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Increase me, increase me, three days out of every month."  

أحمد:١٩٠٥١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فَقَالَ صُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ يَوْمًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَقْوَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي أَقْوَى إِنِّي أَقْوَى صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زِدْنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ