Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2566

حَدَّثَنِى حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِى يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوَاصِلُ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « وَأَيُّكُمْ مِثْلِى إِنِّى أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِى رَبِّى وَيَسْقِينِى ». فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا عَنِ الْوِصَالِ وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ رَأَوُا الْهِلاَلَ فَقَالَ « لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ الْهِلاَلُ لَزِدْتُكُمْ ». كَالْمُنَكِّلِ لَهُمْ حِينَ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا.

Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with them] said: “The Messenger of Allah forbade Al-Wisal. A man among the Muslims said: ‘But you practice Wisal, O Messenger of Allah.’ The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: ‘Who among you is like me? During the night my Lord feeds me and gives me to drink.’ When they refused to stop practicing Wisal, he fasted continuously with them day after day, then they saw the crescent. He said: ‘If the crescent had been delayed, I would have made you fast more,’ as if he wanted to teach them a lesson when they refused to stop.”