Fasting Is for Me: The Hadith Qudsi on Fasting
A hadith qudsi in which fasting is singled out as belonging to Allah alone, establishing voluntary abstention from food as an act of worship rather than merely a dietary practice.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1904; also Sahih Muslim 1151
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing sins. If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am fasting.' By Him in Whose Hands my soul is' The unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting."
قَالَ اللَّهُ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ، فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِReference
Ranking
Hadith Qudsi · Sahih — agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. See grading on Sunnah.com
