It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: "Fast one day, and you will have the reward of what is left." He said: "I am able to do more than that." He ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Fast two days, and you will have the reward of what is left." He said: "I am able to do more than that." He ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Fast three days and you will have the reward of what is left." He said: "I am able to do more than that." He ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Fast four days and you will have the reward of what is left." He said: "I am able to do more than that." He ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Observe the best kind of fasting before Allah, the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him; he used to fast one day and break his fast for one day." 'Ata said: "Someone who heard him told me that Ibn 'Umar (said) that the Prophet said: 'Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted.'"