Muhammad ibn Seereen would fast every other day.
Category: Fasting
Discrete and humble
Daawood ibn Abi Hind رحمه الله [voluntarily] fasted for forty years, and his family were not aware of it.
My father
If you (Muhammad ibn ‘Abdil-A’laa رحمه الله) were not from my family I would not have told you this about my father; he was steadfast in fasting every other day for forty years, and he would [also]…
The fast of Prophet Daawood ‘alayhis-salaam
Hunaydah, the wife of Ibraaheem an-Nakha’ee, told me that Ibraaheem would fast every other day.
Fasting on a hot day
If we were with the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ on a journey, on a [particularly] hot day – none of us would be fasting except the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and ‘Abdullaah ibn Rawaahah.
The manner of breaking the fast
An oft neglected Sunnah when breaking the fast
Fasting every other day for the last sixty years
Regarding ‘Ali ibn al-Ja’d [it was said that] for the last sixty years, he has been fasting every other day.
Feed 500 people during Ramadhaan
Hammaad ibn Abi Sulaymaan would feed five hundred people during Ramadhaan, and after ‘Eed [al-Fitr] he would give 100 dirhams to each one.
Feeding the fasting
Hammaad ibn Abi Sulaymaan would feed fifty of the fasting everyday throughout Ramadhaan, and on the night before ‘Eed [al-Fitr] he would clothe them with a garment each.
My father would never miss fasting
My father would never miss fasting [every] Monday and Thursday, and the three full moon days*. *13th, 14th and 15th days of every hijree calendar month.
