Hadith about fasting
6 hadith about fasting, each with its collection, number and grading: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and the Sunan.
Sahih al-Bukhari — Number 2641 · Grading: صحيح
مَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بَعَّدَ اللَّهُ ، وَجْهَهُ عَنِ النَّارِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا
Translation: Narrated Abu Sa`id:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Indeed, anyone who fasts for one day for Allah's Pleasure, Allah will keep his face away from the (Hell) fire for (a distance covered by a journey of) seventy years (hadith-api (Darussalam / Hamidullah…))
Narrator: أبو سعيد الخدري · Compiler: البخاري (d. 256 هـ)
Sunan Abi Dawud — Number 2140 · Grading: ضعيف
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَالصِّيَامَ وَالذِّكْرَ تُضَاعَفُ عَلَى النَّفَقَةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِسَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ
Translation: Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas al-Juhani: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: (The reward of) prayer, fasting and remembrance of Allah is enhanced seven hundred times over (the reward of) spending in Allah's path (hadith-api (Darussalam / Hamidullah…))
Narrator: معاذ بن أنس الأنصاري · Compiler: أبو داود (d. 275 هـ)
Sahih al-Bukhari — Number 1770 · Grading: صحيح
الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ ، فَلَا يَرْفُثْ ، وَلَا يَجْهَلْ ، وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ قَاتَلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَمَهُ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : إِنِّي صَائِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ ، يَتْرُكُ طَعَامَهُ ، وَشَرَابَهُ ، وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي الصِّيَامُ لِي ، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا
Translation: Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, 'I am fasting." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), 'He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times (hadith-api (Darussalam / Hamidullah…))
Narrator: أبو هريرة الدوسي · Compiler: البخاري (d. 256 هـ)
أمالي ابن سمعون الواعظ — Number 6 · Grading: ضعيف يَتَحَرَّى صِيَامَ يَوْمٍ إلا يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ ، وَيَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ Narrator: عبد الله بن العباس القرشي …