# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Fasting *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 22, 2026* **6 hadith** --- ## Hadith #2397 **Book:** The Book of Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Habib bin Abi Thabit حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس, Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithi مطرف بن طريف, Muhammad bin 'Ubaid al-Tanafasi محمد بن عبيد بن أبي أمية الطنافسي “I will certainly stand all night (in prayer) and fast every day for as long as I live.” The Messenger of Allah said: “Are you the one who said that?” I said: ‘I said it, O Messenger of Allah.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘You cannot do that. Fast and break your fast, sleep and stand (in prayer), and fast three days of each month. For a good deed is equal to ten like it, and that is like fasting for a lifetime.’ I said: ‘But I am able to do bette than that.’ He said: ‘Fast for one day and break your fast for two days.’ I said: ‘I am able to do better than that, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Then fast for one day and break your fast for two days.’ I said: ‘I am able to do better than that, O Messenger of Allah said : ‘There is noting better than that.”‘ ‘Abdullah said: “If I had accepted the three days that the Messenger of Allah said, that would be dearer to me than my family and my wealth.” ‘Ata said: “someone who heard him told me that Ibn ‘Umar (said) that the Prophet said: ‘Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-2397/)* --- ## Hadith #2400 **Book:** The Book of Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Amr bin Dinar عمرو بن دينار الأثرم الجمحي, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandar محمد بن جعفر غندر صاحب الكرابيس, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج ‘Amr said: “I spoke to the Prophet and he said: ‘Fast one day out of ten and you will have the reward of the other nine.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Fast one day out of eight and you will have the reward of the other eight.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Fast one day out of eight and you will have the reward of the other seven.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ ‘Fast one day and not the next.”‘ *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-2400/)* --- ## Hadith #3103 **Book:** The Book of Jihad | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Habib bin Abi Thabit حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس, Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان “Whoever dies without having fought or thought of fighting, he dies on one of the branches of hypocrisy.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3103/)* --- ## Hadith #2528 **Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Habib bin Abi Thabit حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Sahih A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I came to you to take the oath of allegiance to you on emigration, and I left my parents weeping. He (the Prophet) said: Return to them and make them laugh as you made them weep. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2528/)* --- ## Hadith #770 **Book:** The Book on Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Habib bin Abi Thabit حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس, Hanad bin al-Sari bin Mus'ab هناد بن السري بن مصعب, Mas'ar bin Kadam مسعر بن كدام, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح The Messenger of Allah said: “The most virtuous fast is the fast of my brother Dawud. He would fast a day, and not fast (the next) day. He would not flee at the time of engagement (with the enemy).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-770/)* --- ## Hadith #1623 **Book:** The Book on Virtues of Jihad | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, al-Sa'ib bin Farroukh, Abu al-Abbas السائب بن فروخ أبو العباس الشاعر, Habib bin Abi Thabit حبيب بن أبي ثابت قيس, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “A worshipper does not fast a day in the cause of Allah except that, that day (of fasting) distances the Fire from his face by seventy autumns.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-1623/)* ---