Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 402 – Volume 9, Book 92

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Volume 9, Book 92, Number 402:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said (to his companions), "Do not fast Al-Wisal." They said, "But you fast Al-Wisail."
He said, "I am not like you, for at night my Lord feeds me and makes me drink." But the people did
not give up Al-Wisal, so the Prophet fasted Al-Wisal with them for two days or two nights, and then
they saw the crescent whereupon the Prophet said, "If the crescent had delayed, I would have contin –
ued fasting (because of you)," as if he wanted to vanquish them completely (because they had refused
to give up Al Wisal).