Sahih Bukhari 7242

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيُّ ، وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ المُسَيَّب أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الوِصَالِ ، قَالُوا : فِإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ ، قَالَ : أيُّكُمْ مِثْلِي ؟ ، إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ ، فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا ، وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ، ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ، ثُمَّ رَأَوْا الْهِلَالَ ، فَقَالَ : لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ لَزِدْتُكُمْ كَالْمُنَكِّل لَهُمْ .

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade Al-Wisal. The people said (to him), But you fast Al-`Wisal, He said, Who among you is like me? When I sleep (at night), my Lord makes me eat and drink. But when the people refused to give up Al-Wisal, he fasted Al-Wisal along with them for two days and then they saw the crescent whereupon the Prophet said, If the crescent had not appeared I would have fasted for a longer period, as if he intended to punish them herewith.