- “Beware of continuous fasting”—twice. It was said, “But you practise continuous fasting!” He replied, “I spend the night while my Lord feeds me and gives me drink. So undertake of deeds only what you are able to sustain.”
It is narrated in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, through several routes:
First: Hammam. It was recorded by Abd al-Razzaq (7754), and from him by al-Bukhari (1966), Ahmad (2/315), al-Baghawi (1736), and al-Bayhaqi (4/282), through Abd al-Razzaq, from Mamar, from Hammam, with this wording.
Second: Abu Salamah. It was recorded by Abd al-Razzaq (7753), and from him by Ahmad (2/261 and 281, 516), al-Bukhari (1965 and 7299), Muslim (3/133), Ibn Hibban (3575), al-Darimi (2/8), and al-Bayhaqi (4/282), through several routes from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, with this wording.
Third: al-Araj. It was recorded by Malik (1/301), and through his route by al-Darimi (2/7), al-Baghawi (7/173), Muslim (3/134), Ibn Hibban (3576), al-Humaydi (1009), and Ahmad (2/244, 257, and 418), through several routes from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, with this wording.
Fourth: Abu Zura ibn Amr ibn Jarir. It was recorded by Muslim (3/134), Ibn Khuzaymah (2070), Ibn Abi Shaybah (3/83), Ishaq ibn Rahawayh in his Musnad (168), Ahmad (2/231), and Abu Yala (6088), through several routes from Umarah ibn al-Qaqa, from Abu Zura, with this wording.