Explanation of the Hadith: (What is the matter with a group of people who say such and such? I am the most afraid of you of Allah and the most mindful of you of Allah. As for me, I fast and I break the fast, I stand in prayer at night and I sleep, and I marry women)

The Shaykh : And he informed about their news. He delivered a sermon in the mosque and said: He, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated the statement of each of them: the one who said, "I will fast forever," the one who said, "I will stand in prayer all night," and the one who said, "I will not marry women." He referred to them indirectly and concealed their names without exposing them. This is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in admonishing his Companions who may err in some of their words or actions; he disciplines and educates them without exposing them, rather he conceals their faults, just as his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is in word and deed.
So in this hadith, righteousness and drawing near to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) in the path of attaining or obtaining the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not by multiplying acts of worship. You have heard what these men resolved to do, which was to increase and add to the worship of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), so he disapproved of it and said, explaining his moderation in all acts of worship and his avoidance of extremism in them: "Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not one of me." So the meaning of this last phrase of this authentic hadith