Information for "SahihAlBukhari-017-001-5268"

Narrated Abdullah Bin Amr Bin AlAs: Allah Messenger ﷺ said to me; O Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you fast during the day and offer prayers all the night. Abdullah replied; Yes; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! The Prophet ﷺ said; Dont do that; fast for few days and then give it up for few days; offer prayers and also sleep at night; as your body has a right on you; and your wife has a right on you; and your guest has a right on you. And it is sufficient for you to fast three days in a month; as the reward of a good deed is multiplied ten times; so it will be like fasting throughout the year. I insisted on fasting and so I was given a hard instruction. I said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! I have power. The Prophet ﷺ said; Fast like the fasting of the Prophet ﷺ David and do not fast more than that. I said; How was the fasting of the Prophet ﷺ of Allah; David? He said; Half of the year; i.e. he used to fast on every alternate day. Afterwards when Abdullah became old; he used to say; It would have been better for me if I had accepted the permission of the Prophet which he gave me i.e. to fast only three days a month.