Fasting

“If I live until next year, I will fast the ninth day (ofMuharram)too.”

“That was a day when the people oftheIgnorance used to fast. So whoever among you wants to fast may doso,and whoever does not want to may leave it.”

“Fasting the day of ‘Ashura’, I hope, will expiate for the sinsof the previous year.”

“He used to makesure he fasted on Mondays and Thursdays.”

“O Messenger of Allah, why doyou fast on Mondays and Thursdays?” He said: “On Mondays andThursdaysAllah forgives every Muslim except two who have forsakenone another.He says: ‘Leave these two until they reconcile.’”

“I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘OProphet ofAllah, I am the man who came to you last year.’ He said:‘Why doI see your body so thin (and weak)?’ He said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah! I do not eat during the day; I only eat at night.’ He said:‘Who commanded you to punish yourself?’ I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah!I am strong enough.’ He said: ‘Fast the month of patience*and one dayafter it.’ I said: ‘I am strong enough (to do more).’He said: ‘Fastthe month of patience and two days after it.’ Isaid: ‘I am strongenough (to do more).’ He said: ‘Fast themonth of patience and threedays after it, and fast the sacredmonths.’”

“A man came to the Prophet(ﷺ)and said: ‘Which fasting is better after the month of Ramadan?’He said: ‘The month of Allah which is called Muharram.’”

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbadefastingRajab.

“FastShawwal.” So he forsook the sacred months and he continued tofastShawwal until he died.

“For everything there is Zakat and the Zakat of the body isfasting.”(A narrator in one of the chains) Muhriz added in his narration: "And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:'Fasting is half of patience.'"

“Whoever gives food for a fasting person to breakhisfast, he will have a reward like theirs, without that detractingfromtheir reward in the slightest.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) broke his fast with Sa’d bin Mu’adh and said: ‘Aftara‘indakumus-saimun, wa akala ta’amakumul-abrar, wa sallat‘alaikumul-mala’ikah (May fasting people break their fast withyou, may therighteous eat your food, and may the angels sendblessing upon you).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)came to us and we brought food for him. Some of those who were withhim were fasting, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If foodiseaten in the presence of one who is fasting, the angels sendblessingupon him.’”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Bilal: ‘Come and eat, O Bilal.’Hesaid: ‘I am fasting.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Weareeating our provision, but most of Bilal’s provision is inParadise. Doyou realise, O Bilal, that the bones of the fastingperson glorifyAllah and the angels pray for forgiveness for him solong as food iseaten in front of him?’”