Abu al-Tahir narrated to me, saying: I heard ‘Abdullah ibn Wahb narrating from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab. (Another chain:) Harmalah ibn Yahya narrated to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman informed me that ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘As said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was informed that I had said: “I will surely stand in prayer at night and fast during the day for as long as I live.” So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Are you the one who says that?” I said to him: “I have indeed said it, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Then you will not be able to do that. So fast and break your fast, sleep and stand in prayer, and fast three days of every month, for a good deed is rewarded tenfold, and that is like fasting the whole year.” He said: I said: “But I am able to do better than that.” He said: “Fast one day and break your fast for two days.” He said: I said: “But I am able to do better than that, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Fast one day and break your fast for one day, and that is the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him, and it is the most balanced of fasts.” He said: I said: “But I am able to do better than that.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There is nothing better than that.” ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: That I had accepted the three days which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned would have been dearer to me than my family and my wealth.