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tabarani:8386Abū Khalīfah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Ḥajabī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > ʿAnbasah > al-Ḥasan > ʿUthmān b. Abū al-ʿĀṣ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting is a shield by which the servant protects himself from the Fire."  

الطبراني:٨٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْحَجَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ يَسْتَجِنُّ بِهَا الْعَبْدُ مِنَ النَّارِ»  


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ahmad:15264ʿAttāb b. Ziyād > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, fasting is a shield that protects the servant from the Fire. It is exclusively for Me, and I will reward them for it."  

أحمد:١٥٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ يَسْتَجِنُّ بِهَا الْعَبْدُ مِنَ النَّارِ هُوَ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ