He used to say, 'This is the perpetual fasting.

He used to say, 'This is the perpetual fasting.'" My father (AS) used to say, "No one is more detestable to me than a man who is told that the Messenger of Allah (sw) used to do so-and-so, and he says, 'Allah will not punish me for doing ijtihad in prayer,' as if he sees that the Messenger of Allah (sw) has left some excellent deeds due to weakness."