When Abdullah persisted with his intention, the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) advised him to fast alternate days and told him that this way of fasting was the same way in which Prophet David, peace be upon him, fasted and that his fast was the most fair and that there was no fast better than that.
Marka Abdullah ku adkaystay leh inuu doonayo, eeNabiga (Salla Allahu alihi wa Sallam) u soo jeediyay inay soomaan maalmood talantaalli ah oo isaga u sheegay in sidan ee soonka ahaa si la mid ah kaas oo Nebi Daa'uud, nabadgalyo korkiisa ha ahaato, soomay iyo in uu si degdeg ah uu ahaa mid xaq ah iyo in aanay jirin deg deg ah ka khayr badan in.