Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #40553

On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “God Almighty said: Every deed of the son of Adam is for him except fasting, for it is mine and I will reward for it. And fasting is a shield. So if it is the day of one of you’s fasting, let him not speak obscenely or make noise, and if anyone insults him or fights him, let him say: I am fasting. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the mouth of the fasting person is better in the sight of God than The scent of musk. “The fasting person has two joys: when he breaks his fast He rejoices when he breaks his fast, and when he meets his Lord he rejoices in his fasting. ((Agreed upon)). ((And this is the wording of Al-Bukhari’s narration. And in his narration: He leaves his food, his drink, and his desires, for My sake. Fasting is for Me and I will reward it, and a good deed is multiplied tenfold. And in a Muslim narration: “Every deed of the son of Adam is multiplied: a good deed.” Ten times as much to seven hundred times as much. God Almighty said: (Except fasting, for it is for Me and I will reward for it. He leaves His desire and his food are for My sake. The fasting person has two joys: joy when he breaks his fast, and joy when he meets his Lord. And there is joy in Him that is sweeter to God than the scent of musk.)