{"id":4579,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"79","bab_id":38.0,"english_bab_number":"38","arabic_bab_number":"38","hadith_number":"6277","our_hadith_number":51,"arabic_urn":153820,"arabic_bab_name":"باب مَنْ أُلْقِيَ لَهُ وِسَادَةٌ","arabic_text":"لاَ صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ، شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ، وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ ‏\"","arabic_transliteration":"laa sawma fawqa sawmi daawuda، shatra alddahri، siyaamu yawmin، wa'iftaaru yawmin ‏\"","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":59010,"english_bab_name":"Anyone for whom a cushion was put","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:\n\n<p>The news of my fasting was mentioned to the Prophet . So he entered upon me and I put for him a \nleather cushion stuffed with palm-fibres. The Prophet sat on the floor and the cushion was between me \nand him. He said to me, \"Isn't it sufficient for you (that you fast) three days a month?\" I said, \"O \nAllah's Apostle! (I can fast more than this).\" He said, \"You may fast) five days a month.\" I said, \"O \nAllah's Apostle! (I can fast more than this).\" He said, \"(You may fast) seven days.\" I said, \"O Allah's \nApostle!\" He said, \"Nine.\" I said, \"O Allah's Apostle!\" He said, \"Eleven.\" I said, \"O Allah's Apostle!\" \nHe said, \"No fasting is superior to the fasting of (the Prophet David) which was one half of a year, and \nhe used, to fast on alternate days. (See Hadith No. 300, Vol 3)","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}