205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

Hadith for · fasting

The scent of the faster

Sunday, March 19, 2000

Transliteration

Wa-lladhi nafsu Muhammadin bi-yadih, la-khulufu fami-s-sa'imi atyabu inda-llahi min rihi-l-misk.

Translation

By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the breath of the fasting person is more pleasant to Allah than the scent of musk.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 1894, Sahih Muslim 1151

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