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Sunan Abi Dawud 2361 (Book 14, Hadith 49) #22652
The Perpetual Fast

SUMMARY: This hadith is about not fasting perpetually and that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was provided with food and drink from Allah.

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ بَكْرَ بْنَ مُضَرَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ لاَ تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنَّ لِي مُطْعِمًا يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقِيًا يَسْقِينِي

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fasting  *  perpetual  *  allah  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Observe fasts until dawn . Be grateful for what you have been given by God .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about fasting and how it should be done. The Prophet Muhammad PBUH said that one should not observe perpetual fasting. He explained that his position was different from theirs as he was given food and drink by Allah. Therefore, it is important to remember that we should not fast perpetually but rather until the dawn. We can learn from this hadith to be grateful for what we have been given by Allah and to remember our limits when it comes to fasting or any other act of worship.

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