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[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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī

Reward for fasting is up to Allah for the servant restrains himself from his bodily desires

bukhari:1894ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, 'I am fasting."

The Prophet ﷺ added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), 'He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times."  

البخاري:١٨٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ: فَلاَ يَرْفُثْ، وَلاَ يَجْهَلْ؛ وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ قَاتَلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَمَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ۔»

«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ: يَتْرُكُ طَعَامَهُ، وَشَرَابَهُ، وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي؛ الصِّيَامُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا۔»  

bukhari:7492Abū Nuʿaym > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah said: The Fast is for Me and I will give the reward for it, as he (the one who observes the fast) leaves his sexual desire, food and drink for My Sake. Fasting is a screen (from Hell) and there are two pleasures for a fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord. And the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." (See Hadith No. 128, Vol. 3).  

البخاري:٧٤٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ الصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَأَكْلَهُ وَشُرْبَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ فَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يُفْطِرُ وَفَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يَلْقَى رَبَّهُ وَلَخَلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ  

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  

ahmad:9999Isḥāq > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, the scent of the fasting person's mouth is more pleasant to Allah than the scent of musk. He says, 'The fasting person abstains from their desires, food, and drink for My sake. Fasting is for Me and I will reward it accordingly, with every good deed being multiplied ten times to seven hundred times, except for fasting, which is for Me and I will reward it.'"  

أحمد:٩٩٩٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ يَقُولُ ﷻ إِنَّمَا يَذَرُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي فَالصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ كُلُّ حَسَنَةٍ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَهُوَ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ  

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[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  

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السيوطي:١٦٢١٧a

"قَال اللهُ -تَعَالى-: الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ يُجَنُّ بِهَا عَبْدِي مِن النَّارِ, وَالصَّومُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي به، يَدعُ طَعَامَهُ وَشَهْوتَهُ مِن أَجْلِي، وَالَّذي نَفْسِي بِيَده لَخلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِم عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَطيَبُ مِن رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن بشير بن الخصاصية، وأَبي هريرة
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السيوطي:١٦٢٢٠a

"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".  

البغوي، وعبدان، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن بشير بن الخصاصية