It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made observations like them embodied in the hadith narrated by Yahya bin Muhammad on the authority of 'Ala', and added to it: even if he observed fast and prayed and asserted that he was a Muslim.