At a glance
«… " فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ، فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَقُمْ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ ". قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ " فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ ". قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ " فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا، فَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ ـ وَهْوَ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ …»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
The book of deeds (kitab al-a'mal)· Tawba (repentance)· Sunan Abi Dawud 1113 — the good deed multiplied tenfold and beyond· Sunan Abi Dawud 1454 — the double reward· Sunan Abi Dawud 1990 — a deed that equals a greater one· Sunan Abi Dawud 2053 — the double reward· Sunan Abi Dawud 2396 — a deed that equals a greater one· Sunan Abi Dawud 2427 — a deed that equals a greater one
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Sahih al-Bukhari 1976 — the good deed multiplied tenfold and beyond”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/bukhari-api-1976/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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