A: Let's have a lunch together!
B: No, not today. Thanks.
A: Why?
B: I'm fasting.
A: ?? But this is Friday. What fast?
B: I'm fasting of David (peace be upon him)
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Dear my brothers and sisters,
We are advised to fast Monday and Thursday, three days in the middle of the month of Hijriyah, or other sunnah fasts. But, many Muslims seems not familiar with the fast of David (peace be upon him). One of Sahih Hadith:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was informed that I had taken an oath to fast daily and to pray (every night) all the night throughout my life (so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and asked whether it was correct): I replied, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you! I said so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You can not do that. So, fast for few days and give it up for few days, offer Salat (prayer) and sleep. Fast three days a month as the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times and that will be equal to one year of fasting." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Fast one day and give up fasting for two days." I replied, "I can do better than that." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Fast one day and give up fasting for a day and that is the fasting of Prophet David and that is the best fasting." I said, "I have the power to fast better (more) than that." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no better fasting than that." [Sahih al-Bukhari 1976]
Another reference: Sahih Al-Bukhori 6277.
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