Sunan at-Tirmithiy كتاب فضائل الجهاد باب ما جاء فى فضل الصوم فى سبيل الله
The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, "Whoever fasts a day for God's sake, God will remove him (1) seventy autumns (2) away from the Fire." One narrator relating this ḥadīth said seventy, while another narrator said forty. Footnotes: (1) Masculine pronouns are used in Arabic for referring to both men and women when the meaning is left general and is not otherwise specified. (2) A distance covered by a journey of seventy years. Click on ḥadīth to read more
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, "Indeed, any bondsman (1) who fasts a day for God's sake, this day will move his face seventy autums away (2) from the Fire." Footnotes: (1) Masculine pronouns are used in Arabic for referring to both men and women when the meaning is left general and is not otherwise specified. (2) a distance covered by a journey of seventy years. Click on ḥadīth to read more
The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, " Whoever fasts a day for the sake of God, God will place between him and the Fire a trench equal to the distance between heaven and earth." Click on ḥadīth to read more