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ahmad:9138Hawdhah > ʿAwf b. Abū Jamīlah > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "The breath of the fasting person is more pleasant to Allah than the scent of musk." He said: "Your Lord said: 'My servant has left his desire, food, and drink for My sake. The fasting is for Me and I will reward him for it.'"  

أحمد:٩١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفُ بْنُ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ قَالَ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ﷻ عَبْدِي تَرَكَ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِي وَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَاأَجْزِي بِهِ  


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bukhari:7538Ādam > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said that your Lord said, "Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is for Me, so I will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the mouth of a fasting person, is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 584)  

البخاري:٧٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّكُمْ قَالَ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ كَفَّارَةٌ وَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخَلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:9888Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said that your Lord said, "Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is for Me, so I will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the mouth of a fasting person, is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 584) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7538)  

أحمد:٩٨٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّكُمْ ﷻ كُلُّ الْعَمَلِ كَفَّارَةٌ وَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:9912Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Dāwud b. Farāhīj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that Allah says, 'Fasting is for Me and I alone reward for it. The smell from the mouth of a fasting person is more pleasant to Allah than the fragrance of musk.'"  

أحمد:٩٩١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرَاهِيجَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي اللهَ يَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ الصَّوْمُ هُوَ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:7788ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Allah, the mighty and sublime, said: Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting; it is for me and I shall reward for it. By the one in whose hand is the soul of Muhmmad, the smell coming from the mouth of the fasting person is better before Allah than the fragrance of musk." ' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2218)   

أحمد:٧٧٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻكُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ الصِّيَامُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

ahmad:8129

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the breath of the fasting person is sweeter to Allah than the fragrance of musk. The fasting person abstains from their desires, food, and drink for My sake, and I will reward them for it."  

أحمد:٨١٢٩

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ يَذَرُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ جَرَّايَ فَالصِّيَامُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ  

ahmad:11359Muʿāwiyah > Shaybān > Firās > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

[Machine] "On the authority of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ , he said, 'The smell of the breath of a fasting person is more pleasing to Allah than the scent of musk.' He said, 'This person has fasted for my sake and has abandoned his desires for food and drink for my sake. The fasting is for me and I shall reward it.'"  

أحمد:١١٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ فَيْحِ الْمِسْكِ قَالَ صَامَ هَذَا مِنْ أَجْلِي وَتَرَكَ شَهْوَتَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ مِنْ أَجْلِي فَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ  

ahmad:10554Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said that your Lord said, "Every (sinful) deed can be expiated; and the fast is for Me, so I will give the reward for it; and the smell which comes out of the mouth of a fasting person, is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 584) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7538)  

أحمد:١٠٥٥٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ ﷻ قَالَ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ كَفَّارَةٌ وَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

tabarani:1235[Chain 1] al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > ʿAyyāsh b. al-Walīd al-Raqqām [Chain 2] ʿAbdān > Azhar b. Marwān al-Raqāshī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Juray b. Kulayb > Bashīr b. al-Khaṣāṣiyah > Aṣḥābunā > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said that Allah Almighty narrates: 'Fasting is a shield by which My servant protects himself from the Fire, and fasting is for Me, and I will reward for it. The person fasting gives up their food and desires for My sake. By the One in whose hand is my soul, the smell emanating from the mouth of a fasting person is more pleasant to Allah on the Day of Resurrection than the fragrance of musk.'"  

الطبراني:١٢٣٥حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الرَّقَّامُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ ثنا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الرَّقَاشِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ جُرَيِّ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ الْخَصَاصِيَةِ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُنَا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَعَالَى «الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ يُجَنُّ بِهَا عَبْدِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ يَدَعُ طَعَامَهُ وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ عِنْدَ اللهِ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَطْيَبُ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ»  

nasai-kubra:3248Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5927)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٢٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامُ الصِّيَامُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

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"قَال رَبُّكْمُ: الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَلِى الصَّوْمُ وَأنَا أجْزِى به يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَه وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ أجْلِى، لَخَلُوفُ فمِ الصائِم أطيَبُ عنْدَ اللهِ مِن ريح الْمِسْكِ".  

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