أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي رَجَائُ بْنُ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ مُرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ آخُذُهُ عَنْکَ قَالَ عَلَيْکَ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2226
Abu Hurairah said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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 Muhammad, the smell coming 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