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1ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): علَيكُم بِالصَّومِ؛ فإنّهُ مَحسَمَةٌ للعُرُوقِ ومَذهَبَةٌ للأشَرِ. |
| 1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Fasting is incumbent upon you, for verily it severs the roots [of desires] and removes wildness.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 23610] |
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2ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ زكاةٌ وزكاةُ الأبدانِ الصِّيامُ. |
| 2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Everything has a zakat, and the zakat of the bodies is to fast.’[Faza’il al-Ashhur al-Thalatha, p. 75, no. 57] |
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3ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): صُومُوا تَصِحُّوا. |
| 3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Fast and you will be healthy.’[al-Da`aawat, p. 76, no. 179] |
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4ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الصائمُ في عِبادَةِ اللّهِ وإن كانَ نائماً على فِراشِهِ، ما لَم يَغتَبْ مُسلِماً. |
| 4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The fasting person is in constant worship of Allah, even when he is sleeping in his bed, as long as he does not backbite a fellow Muslim.’[Thawab al-A`amal, p. 75, no. 1] |
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5ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): ما مِن صائمٍ يَحضُرُ قَوماً يَطعَمُونَ إلّا سَبَّحَت أعضاؤهُ، وكانَت صَلاةُ الملائكةِ علَيهِ، وكانَت صَلاتُهُم استِغفاراً. |
| 5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘No sooner does a fasting person come upon a group of people eating than his limbs glorify Allah on his behalf, the angels invoke blessings on him, and this invocation of theirs is counted as seeking forgiveness on his behalf.’[Ibid. p. 77, no. 1] |
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6ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الصَّومُ جُنَّةٌ مِن النارِ . |
| 6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Fasting acts as a shield from the Fire.’[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 62, no. 1] |
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7ـ فاطمةُ الزَّهراءُ (عَلَيهَا الّسَلامُ): فَرَضَ اللّهُ الصِّيامَ تَثبِيتاً لِلإخلاصِ. |
| 7– Fatima al-Zahra’ (AS) said, ‘Allah made fasting obligatory in order to reinforce sincere devotion [to Him].’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 368, no. 4] |
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8ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الصِّيامُ والحَجُّ تَسكِينُ القُلوبِ. |
| 8– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The fast and the obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj) pacify the heart.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 296, no. 582] |
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9ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ تبارَكَ وتعالى يقولُ: الصَّومُ لِي وأنا أجزِي علَيهِ. |
| 9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, says, ‘The fast is solely for Me and I am its reward.’[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 63, no. 6] |
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10ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): نَومُ الصائمِ عِبادَةٌ، وصَمتُهُ تَسبيحٌ، وعَمَلُهُ مُتَقَبَّلٌ، ودُعاؤهُ مُستَجابٌ. |
| 10– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A fasting person’s sleep is worship, his silence is glorification of Allah, his good deeds are accepted, and his supplication is answered.’[al-Faqih, v. 2, p. 76, no. 1783] |
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11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لِلصائمِ فَرحَتانِ: فَرحَةٌ عندَ إفطارِهِ، وفَرحَةٌ عندَ لِقاءِ رَبِّهِ . |
| 11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A fasting person has two sources of joy: his joy when he opens his fast and his joy at meeting his Lord.’[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 65, no. 15] |
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12ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن فَطَّرَ صائماً فلَهُ مِثلُ أجرِهِ . |
| 12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever offers a fasting person something with which to open his fast obtains the same reward as him.’[Ibid. p. 68, no. 1] |
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13ـ الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا سُئلَ عن عِلَّةِ وُجوبِ الصَّومِ ـ: لِيَجِدَ الغَنِيُّ مَسَّ الجُوعِ؛ فَيَمُنَّ على الفَقيرِ . |
| 13– Imam al-`Aaskari (AS) was once asked the reasoning behind the obligation of fasting, to which he replied, ‘That the rich may experience the pain of hunger and bestow his generosity thereby upon the poor.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 369, no. 50] |
