{"id":1643,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"30","bab_id":59.0,"english_bab_number":"59","arabic_bab_number":"59","hadith_number":"1980","our_hadith_number":87,"arabic_urn":118940,"arabic_bab_name":"باب صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ","arabic_text":"لاَ صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ، صُمْ يَوْمًا، وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا ‏\"","arabic_transliteration":"laa sawma fawqa sawmi daawuda  'alayhi alssalaamu  shatra alddahri، sum yawmana، wa'aftir yawmana ‏\"","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":18630,"english_bab_name":"The Saum (fasting) of Da'wud (David) alayhis salam.","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:\n\n<p>Allah's Apostle was informed about my fasts, and he came to me and I spread for him a leather \ncushion stuffed with palm fires, but he sat on the ground and the cushion remained between me and \nhim, and then he said, \"Isn't it sufficient for you to fast three days a month?\" I replied, \"O Allah's \nApostle! (I can fast more).\" He said, \"Five?\" I replied, \"O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more).\" He said, \n\"Seven?\" I replied, \"O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more).\" He said, \"Nine (days per month)?\" I \nreplied, \"O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)\" He said, \"Eleven (days per month)?\" And then the \nProphet said, \"There is no fast superior to that of the Prophet David it was for half of the year. So, fast \non alternate days.\"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}