It is narrated from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. He stopped at a place and sent a messenger to him while he was praying, so that he could come and eat. He said to the messenger: I am fasting. When the food was served and it was near that they would finish, he also started eating. Then he looked towards his messenger, so he said: He had told me that he was fasting. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He spoke the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting in the month of patience and fasting three days of every month is equivalent to fasting forever." I have already fasted three days of the month. I am one who leaves fasting in Allah’s concession and fasts in Allah’s strengthening.