Volume 4, Book 55, Number 629:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
Allah’s Apostle was informed that I have said: “By Allah, I will fast all the days and pray all the
nights as long as I live.” On that, Allah’s Apostle asked me. “Are you the one who says: ‘I will fast all
the days and pray all the nights as long as I live?’ ” I said, “Yes, I have said it.” He said, “You cannot do
that. So fast (sometimes) and do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three days a month, for
the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the fasting of three days a month equals
the fasting of a year.” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I can do (fast) more than this.” He said, “Fast on every
third day. I said: I can do (fast) more than that, He said: “Fast on alternate days and this was the fast –
ing of David which is the most moderate sort of fasting.” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I can do (fast)
more than that.” He said, “There is nothing better than that.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 630:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As:
The Prophet said to me, “I have been informed that you pray all the nights and observe fast all the
days; is this true?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will get
bored. So fast three days a month, for this will be the fasting of a whole year, or equal to the fasting
of a whole year.” I said, “I find myself able to fast more.” He said, “Then fast like the fasting of (the
Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days and would not flee on facing the enemy.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 631:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
Allah’s Apostle said to me, “The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David
who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David
who used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of
it.”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 632:
Narrated Mujahid:
I asked Ibn ‘Abbas, “Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sad?” He recited (the Sura)
including: ‘And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)…so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And
then he said, “Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the
preceding apostles).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 633:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The prostration in Sura-Sad is not amongst the compulsory prostrations, though I saw the Prophet
prostrating on reciting The Statement of Allah:–and to David We gave Solomon (for a son). How ex –
cellent (a) slave he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to us) (38.30) And His Statement:– He
said: My Lord Forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.’
(38.35) And His Statement:– ‘And they followed what the Devils gave out (falsely), of magic in the
life-time of Solomon.’ (2.102)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 634:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “A strong demon from the Jinns came to me yesterday suddenly, so as to spoil my
prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught him and intended to tie him to one
of the pillars of the Mosque so that all of you might see him, but I remembered the invocation of my
brother Solomon: ‘And grant me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.’ (38.35) so
I let him go cursed.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 635:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Solomon (the son of) David said, ‘Tonight I will sleep with seventy ladies each of
whom will conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for “Allah’s Cause.’ His companion said, ‘If
Allah will.’ But Solomon did not say so; therefore none of those women got pregnant except one who
gave birth to a half child.” The Prophet further said, “If the Prophet Solomon had said it (i.e. ‘If Allah
will’) he would have begotten children who would have fought in Allah’s Cause.” Shuaib and Ibn Abi
Az-Zinad said, “Ninety (women) is more correct (than seventy).”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 636:
Narrated Abu Dhaar:
I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Which mosque was built first?” He replied, “Al-Masjid-ul-Haram.” I
asked, “Which (was built) next?” He replied, “Al-Masjid-ul-Aqs-a (i.e. Jerusalem).” I asked, “What
was the period in between them?” He replied, “Forty (years).” He then added, “Wherever the time for
the prayer comes upon you, perform the prayer, for all the earth is a place of worshipping for you.”