2-42 The Georgian Abu Muhammad Abdus ibn Ali ibn al-Ab’bas in Samarqand narrated that Abul Qasim Abdullah ibn Yaqoob ibn Yusuf al-Razi quoted Muhammad ibn Yunus al-Kadimi, on the authority of Abu Amir, on the authority of Zama’a, on the authority of Sala’ma, on the authority of Akrama, on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Prophet (MGB) said, “God - the Blessed the Sublime said, ‘All the deeds of the descendants of Adam are for themselves, except for their fasting which is for Me. I Myself am the reward for his fasting. Fasting is a believer’s armor on the Resurrection Day as you guard yourselves with armor in this world. To the Honorable the Exalted God, the smell of the mouth of one who is fasting is better than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for one who fasts: one is for when he breaks his fast, eats and drinks and the second one is for when he meets Me and I take him to Paradise.”
