on Monday and Thursday, so I like for my deeds to be presented while I am fasting.” Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said: a good ḥadīth; Muslim also transmitted it without mentioning fasting (1).
1265 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was keen to fast on Mondays and Thursdays. Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who graded it good.
230 – Chapter: Recommending the fast of three days every month
The best time is to observe them on the “white days,” namely the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth; some held that they are the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth, but the sound, well-known opinion is the first.
1266 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My close friend ﷺ instructed me to do three things: to fast three days of every month, to pray two rakʿahs of the ḍuḥā prayer, and to perform witr before I go to sleep. Agreed upon.
1267 – Abū al-Dardāʾ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My beloved ﷺ counselled me to keep to three practices that I shall never abandon as long as I live: fasting three days of every month, performing the ḍuḥā prayer, and not sleeping until I have prayed witr. Narrated by Muslim.
1268 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Fasting three days of every month is equivalent to fasting for the whole year.” Agreed upon.
1269 – Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah related that she asked ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her): “Did…"