# Sunan Abi Dawud - Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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**2 hadith**

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## Hadith #2424

**Book:** Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Ma'bd عبد الله بن معبد الزماني, Abu Qatada ibn Rab'i, Ghaylan bin Jarir غيلان بن جرير المعولي, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sulaiman bin Harb سليمان بن حرب | **Grade:** Da'if

I always concealed it, but I found that it became known widely, that is, the tradition on Ibn Busr about fasting on Saturday.
Abu Dawud said: Malik said: This is a false (tradition).

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2424/)*

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## Hadith #2425

**Book:** Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Ma'bd عبد الله بن معبد الزماني, Abu Qatada ibn Rab'i, Ghaylan bin Jarir غيلان بن جرير المعولي, Mahdi bin Maymun al-Azdi مهدي بن ميمون الأزدي المعولي, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي | **Grade:** Sahih

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: How do you fast, Messenger of Allah? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) became angry at what he said.
When Umar observed this (his anger), he said: We are satisfied with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Prophet. We seek refuge in Allah from the anger of Allah, and from the anger of His Apostle. Umar continued to repeat these words till his anger cooled down. He then asked: Messenger of Allah, what is the position of one who observes a perpetual fast?
He replied: May he not fast or break his fast. Musaddad said in his version: He has neither fasted nor broken his fast. The narrator, Ghaylan, doubted the actual wordings.
He asked: What is the position of one who fasts two days and does not fast one day?
He said: Is anyone able to do that? He asked: What is the position of one who fasts every second day (i.e. fasts one day and does not fasts the next day)?
He (the Prophet) said: This is the fast that David observed.
He asked: Messenger of Allah, what is the position of one who fasts one day and breaks it for two days? He replied: I wish I were given the power to observe that. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The observance of three days’ fast every month and of one Ramadan to the other (i.e. the fast of Ramadan every year) is (equivalent to) a perpetual fast. I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Arafah may atone for the sins of the preceding and the coming year, and I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Ashura’ may atone for the sins of the preceding year.

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