Intentions of Fasting

  • 1 To enter the Paradise because I was fasting on my last day of this worldly life

    Huthaifa ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said I leaned the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) on my chest … then he said:

    " whoever fasted a day for the sake of Allah and it was his last day, he will enter the Paradise.

  • 2 Allah will separate me the distance of one hundred years from the fire

    It was narrated from 'Uqbah bin 'Amir ( May Allah be pleased with him )  that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:

    "Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, the mighty and sublime, Allah will separate him the distance of one hundred years from the fire."

  • 3 To be one of those mentioned in this Hadith

    Narrated Abu Huraira ( May Allah be pleased with him )  :

    The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, " And the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." 

    [ al-Bukhari ]

  • 4 I will rejoice twice one at the time of breaking the fast, and the other at the time when I will meet my Lord

    Narrated Abu Huraira ( May Allah be pleased with him ):

    The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, " There are two pleasures for a fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord.

    [ al-Bukhari ]

  • 5 It is a means to protect one`s chastity

    Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported that Allah's Messenger ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him  ) said to us:

    0 young men, those among you who can support a wife should marry, for it is more effective in terms of lowering the gaze and preserves one from immorality; but he who cannot afford It should observe fast for it is more effective in terms of controlling the gaze and preserves one from immorality..

    Muslim

  • 6 Fasting has no equivalent

    Abu Umamah ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported: I said,

    “O Messenger of Allah, tell me a deed to do.” The Messenger of Allah  ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him  )  “fast, for there is nothing equal to it.”

     [ Sunan an-Nasā’ī  ]

  • 7 Allah will save me from the Hellfire

    The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:

    " Fasting is a protection against the Hellfire, just as one of you takes shelter during the fight."

    Abu Umamah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:

    The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "He who observes Saum (fasting) for a day in the Cause of Allah, Allah will keep his face from Hell-fire at a distance equivalent to that between heaven and the earth." [ At- Tirmidhi ].

  • 8 I will be resurrected among the truthful and the martyrs

    `Amr bin Murra Al-Juhani ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported: a man came to the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) and said " 

    " O Messenger of Allah if I testified that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah and that you are the messenger of Allah, offered the five daily prayers, paid the Zakah, fasted during the month of Ramadan and spent its nights in prayer, with whom shall I be?". The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) replied, " you will be of the truthful and the martyrs".

  • 9 I will be honored with the chambers in the Paradise

    'Ali ( May Allah be pleased with him )  narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:

    "Indeed in Paradise, there are chambers whose outside can be seen from their inside, and their inside can be seen from their outside." A Bedouin stood and said: "Who are they for O Prophet of Allah?" he said: "For those who speak well, feed others, fast regularly, and perform Salat for Allah during the night while the people sleep."

    [ Ahmed ]

  • 10 Allah sets me free from the Hellfire

    Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) narrated that :the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:

    "On the first night of the month of Ramadan, the Shayatin are shackled, the jinns are restrained, the gates of the Fires are shut so that no gate among them would be opened. The gates of Paradise are opened such that no gate among them would be closed, and a caller calls: 'O seeker of the good; come near!' and 'O seeker of evil; stop! For there are those whom Allah frees from the Fire.' And that is every night."

    [ at-Tirmidhi ]

  • 11 Allah grants me the good end

    Huthaifa ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said I leaned the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) on my chest … then he said :

    " whoever fasted a day for the sake of Allah and it was his last day, he will enter the Paradise. Whoever spends in charity for the sake of Allah and it was his last day, he will enter the Paradise."

  • 12 Allah quenches my thirst on the last day

    On the authority of Abu Burda ( May Allah be pleased with him ), that Abu Musa ( May Allah be pleased with him ) was on a ship at sea with its sails raised. Suddenly a man said:

    " Stop, O people of the ship ". Abu Musa replied: " Do you not see what is going on? " the man replied the same order seven times, then said:" stop so that I inform you of the promise that Allah make it obligatory upon himself to fulfill. Allah promised whoever prevented himself from water for his sake on a hot day, it is obligatory upon Allah to quench his thirst on the last day. "

    This promise cause Abu Musa to choose the hottest days to fast. 

  • 13 Allah confers blessing upon me, and His angels [ask Him to do so]

    Abu Said Khudry  ( May Allah be pleased with him ) narrated that Allah's Apostle ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said,

    “Suhur is a blessed meal, so don't leave it even if you only take a gulp of water, as Allah and his angels are praying for the people who eat Suhur.”

    [ Musnad Ahmad ].

  • 14 To have my supplication answered since the supplication of the fasting person is not ever rejected

    The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:

    " The supplication of the fasting person is not rejected when he breaks his fasting "

  • 15 I will be admitted to the Paradise from the Ar-Rayyan gate which is exclusive for the fasting persons

    Sahl bin Sa'd ( May Allah be pleased with him ):

    The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "In the Paradise, there is a gate which is called Ar-Raiyan through which only those who observe Saum (fasting) will enter on the Day of Resurrection. None else will enter through it. It will be called out, "Where are those who observe fasting?" So they will stand up and proceed towards it. When the last of them will have entered, the gate will be closed and then no one will enter through that gate."

  • 16 Fasting intercedes for me in front of Allah

    Abdallah bin ‘Amr ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported the messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him )  as saying,

    “Fasting and the Qur’an intercede for a man. Fasting says, ‘O my Lord, I have kept him away from his food and his passions by day, so accept my intercession for him.’ The Qur’an says, ‘I have kept him away from sleep by night, so accept my intercession for him.’ Then their intercession is accepted."

  • 17 Allah drives me away from the Hellfire the distance of seventy years

    Abu Sa'id al Khudri ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported Allah's Messenger ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as saying:

    Every servant of Allah who observes fast for a day in the way of Allah, Allah would remove, because of this day, his face farther from the Fire ( of Hell ) to the extent of seventy years' distance.

    Muslim

  • 18 Allah bestows upon me the reward of fasting that is unknown to everyone except Allah

    Narrated Abu Huraira ( May Allah be pleased with him ) :

    The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."

    [ al-Bukhari]

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