ʿAbdullāh used to fast very little. We said to him that you do not fast much. He said: When I have fasted, I become weak in Ṣalāh, and Ṣalāh is more beloved to me than fasting.
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يُقِلُّ الصِّيَامَ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُقِلُّ الصَّوْمَ قَالَ «إِنِّي إِذَا صُمْتُ ضَعُفْتُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّلَاةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ»