Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith 10, 40 Hadith Qudsi
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: الصَّوْمُ لِي، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ، يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَأَكْلَهُ وَشُرْبَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي، وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ(1)، وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ: فَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يُفْطِرُ، وَفَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يَلْقَى رَبَّهُ، وَلَخُلُوفُ(2) فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ". رواه البخاري (وكذلك مسلم ومالك والترمذي النسائي وابن ماجه)
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said that Allah, Might and Majesty belong to Him, says:
‘Fasting is for Me, and I reward for it. He gives up his desire, his food, and his drink for My sake. Fasting is a shield, and the fasting person has two joys: joy when he breaks his fast and joy when he meets his Lord. The odor of the fasting person’s mouth is more fragrant to Allah than the scent of musk.’
It was related by al-Bukhari (and likewise by Muslim, Malik, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ(1)،
The Arabic includes footnote markers (1) and (2), but this block contains no footnote texts. The English witness expands جُنَّة as ‘like a shield’ and adds ‘[A man]’ as an explicit subject; these are not separately explained in the Arabic block.
Can the source notes corresponding to the markers be identified? The translation retains the core wording without importing absent explanations.