75 - Chapter on Fasting Two-Thirds of the Year, and Mention of the Discrepancy Among the Transmitters of the Report Regarding That

2385 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar informed us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu 'Ammar, from 'Amr ibn Shurahbil, from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, who said: It was said to the Prophet, peace be upon him: "A man who fasts perpetually?" He said: "I wish that he had not eaten at all." They said: "Then two-thirds of it?" He said: "More than that." They said: "Then half of it?" He said: "More than that." Then he said: "Shall I not inform you of what removes the heat of the chest? Fasting three days of every month."

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And see the clarification of the discrepancy regarding it from Hisham ibn 'Urwah in the previously cited narration under number (2304).
And see what preceded under number (2294).

(1) The word "then" is not in (M) and (H).

(2) Its narrators are trustworthy, except that there is a discrepancy regarding it from al-A'mash — who is Sulayman ibn Mihran — for Sufyan narrated it — and he is al-Thawri — as here and in the narration of 'Abd al-Razzaq in "al-Musannaf" (7867) — from al-A'mash, from Abu 'Ammar — who is al-Duhni, and his name is 'Urayb ibn Humayd — from 'Amr ibn Shurahbil — who is Abu Maysarah al-Kufi — from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from the Prophet, peace be upon him. And Abu Mu'awiyah narrated it — who is Muhammad ibn Khazim al-Darir — as in the following narration, and Waki' ibn al-Jarrah — in the narration of Ibn Abi Shaybah (9648) — both from al-A'mash, from Abu 'Ammar, from 'Amr ibn Shurahbil, from the Prophet, peace be upon him. They did not mention the man from among the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 'Abd al-Rahman: he is Ibn Mahdi. And it is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2706).
And see the hadith of Abu Qatadah that follows under number (2387) with a sound chain of transmission, with the wording: "Three days of every month, and Ramadan to Ramadan — this is fasting the entire year."
Al-Sindi said: His statement: "It was said to the Prophet, peace be upon him: A man who fasts perpetually" — that is, a man who fasts perpetually was mentioned to him. On this basis, "a man" is the subject of the passive verb, and what follows it is its attribute. And it is possible that "it was said" means in the sense of the question, and "a man" is the subject, and what follows it is its attribute, and the predicate is omitted, meaning: What is his ruling?
"I wish that he had not eaten at all" — that is, I wish that he had not eaten by night or by day until he died of hunger. The intent is to clarify the reprehensibility of his action, and that his deed is blameworthy, to the extent that he wishes for him death by hunger.
"More than that" — that is, it is more than the limit that is appropriate. As for his statement regarding half that it is "more than that," it is based on =