THE MERIT OF FASTING
Fasting enjoys, in the eyes of God, a grace unparallelled by other acts
of piety and worship.
In a
(qudsi hadith (utterances attributed to God outside the Quran), Allah says
"All man's work belongs to him. A good deed is repaid
from tenfold to seven hundred times". God
said "Fasting belongs to Me and I repay."
The Prophet said : "By He in whose hands Muhammad's
soul rests, Allah prefers the stench of the mouth of lie who fasts to the
scent of musk".