أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سِنَانٍ ضِرَارُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی يَقُولُ الصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ فَجَزَاهُ فَرِحَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْکِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2219
It was narrated from ‘Ali bin Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم a said: “Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, says: ‘Fasting is for Me and I shall reward for it. The fasting person has two moments of joy: When he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord.’ By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the smell that comes from the mouth of the fasting person is better before Allah than the fragrance of musk.”(Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020