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The Book of Virtues

كتاب الفضائل

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The Desirability of Fasting six Days in the Month of Shawwal

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Hadith 217
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ENGLISH

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Every slave of Allah who observes Saum (fasting) for one day for the sake of Allah, Allah will draw his face farther from Hell-fire to the extent of a distance to be covered in seventy years." <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

ARABIC

‏ ما من عبد يصوم يومًا في سبيل الله إلا باعد الله بذلك اليوم وجهه عن النار سبعين خريفًا‏