Sahih al-Bukhari 1908 (Book 30, Hadith 86)
affirmative. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you keep on doing this, your eyes will become weak and your body
will get tired. He who fasts all the year is as he who did not fast at all. The fasting of three days (a
month) will be equal to the fasting of the whole year.” I replied, “I have the power for more than this.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Then fast like the fasting of David who used to fast on alternate days and would
never flee from the battle field, on meeting the enemy.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 1908 (Book 30, Hadith 86)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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For more Hadith in Book 30: Fasting