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Sahih Muslim 1159c (Book 13, Hadith 237) #9876
The Reward of Fasting

SUMMARY: Fasting for three days in a month brings the reward of fasting for thirty days, and observing fast on alternate days throughout life is the fast of Prophet David.

This hadith has been narrated by Yahya b. Abu Kathir with the same chain of transmitters and he made this addition after these words: During every month, (fasting) for three days, there is for you ten times for every good and that is perpetual fasting (for three days would bring a reward for full thirty days). I said: What is the fast of the Messenger of Allah, David? He said: Half of the age (observing fast on alternate days for the whole life). And in the hadith no mention has been made of the recital of the Qur'an, and he did not say: Your visitor has a right upon you, but (instead) he said: Your son has a right upon you.
وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَزَادَ فِيهِ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ ‏"‏ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ‏"‏ ‏"‏ فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِكُلِّ حَسَنَةٍ عَشْرَ أَمْثَالِهَا فَذَلِكَ الدَّهْرُ كُلُّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قُلْتُ وَمَا صَوْمُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ دَاوُدَ قَالَ ‏"‏ نِصْفُ الدَّهْرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَقُلْ ‏"‏ وَإِنَّ لِزَوْرِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَإِنَّ لِوَلَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا
TOPICS
fast  *  reward  *  david  *  days  *  saum  *  jazaa  *  dawud  *  laylah

QUICK LESSONS:
Observe intermittent fasting over time; Be generous towards your children; Reap rewards from good deeds like fasting

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about the rewards of fasting. It states that if one fasts for three days in a month, they will receive the reward as if they had fasted for thirty days. Additionally, it mentions that Prophet David's way of fasting was to observe it on alternate days throughout his life. This means that even though we may not be able to keep up with long periods of fasting, we can still reap its rewards by doing so intermittently over time. Furthermore, this hadith also teaches us to be generous towards our children and take care of them as much as possible since they have rights upon us too.

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