[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and passed by the house of Uthman ibn Mazh'un. He stood at the door of the house and said, "What is wrong with you, O pale-faced one? Isn't Uthman a witness?" She replied, "Yes, he is, and he has not slept on my bed since such and such a time, nor does he break his fast. Go tell him to come to me." So when he came, she said to him, "Go to him." He found him in the mosque, sitting beside him. He turned away from him and wept, then said, "I know that something has been conveyed to you about me." Uthman said, "It is you who fast all year and stand in prayer all night and do not sleep on your bed?" Uthman said, "I have been doing that to seek goodness." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have a right over your eyes, a right over your body, and a right over your wife. Fast and break your fast, sleep and wake up, and have intercourse with your wife, for I fast and break my fast, I sleep and wake up, and I have intercourse with women. Whoever follows my Sunnah has been guided and whoever leaves it has gone astray. Every deed has its reward and every reward has a period of rest. If the period of rest leads to negligence, it is destruction, and if negligence leads to obligations, it will not harm the person. So do as much as you can. I have been sent with a lenient and easy Islam, so do not burden yourself with the worship of your Lord, for you do not know how long you will live."  

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِبَيْتِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ فَقَامَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ «مَالَكِ يَا كُحَيْلَةُ مُبْتَذِلَةً أَلَيْسَ عُثْمَانُ شَاهِدًا؟» قَالَتْ بَلَى وَمَا اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى فِرَاشِي مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَيَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ فَمَا يُفْطِرُ فَقَالَ «مُرِيهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنِي» فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَتْ لَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي أَمْرٌ قَالَ «أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَتَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ لَا تَضَعُ جَنْبَكَ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ؟» قَالَ عُثْمَانُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ أَلْتَمِسُ الْخَيْرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لِعَيْنِكَ حَظٌّ وَلِجَسَدِكَ حَظٌّ وَلِزَوْجِكَ حَظٌّ فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَنَمْ وَقُمْ وَائْتِ زَوْجَكَ فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَنَامُ وَأَقُومُ وَآتِي النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ بِسُنَّتِي فَقَدِ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا ضَلَّ فَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ عَمِلٍ شِرَّةٌ وَلِكُلِّ شِرَّةٍ فَتْرَةٌ فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْفَتْرَةُ إِلَى الْغَفْلَةِ فَهِي الْهَلَكَةُ وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْغَفْلَةُ إِلَى الْفَرِيضَةِ لَا يَضُرُّ صَاحِبَهَا شَيْئًا فَخُذْ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ بِمَا تُطِيقُ وَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَةِ فَلَا تَثْقِلْ عَلَيْكَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا طُولُ عُمُرِكَ»