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suyuti:634-3bNwfl b. ʿQrb > Byh > Sʾlt al-Nbá ﷺ > al-Ṣwm
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"عن نوفل بن عقرب عن أبيه قال: سألت النبى ﷺ عن الصوم، فقال: صم يوما من الشهر، قلت يا رسول الله زدنى، فقال النبى ﷺ زدنى زدنى زدنى، صم ثلاثة أيام من كل شهر".  

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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  

مَنْ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَقْرَبٍ أَبُو عَقْرَبٍ وَاسْمُهُ مُسْلِمٌ

tabarani:19092al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Sahl b. Bakkār > al-Aswad b. Shaybān > Abū Nawfal b. Abū ʿAqrab from his father

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ about fasting. He said, "Fast one day of the month." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have the ability to do more." He said, "Fast two days of the month." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, increase me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Increase me, increase me. Fast three days of every month."  

الطبراني:١٩٠٩٢حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

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