food, drink, and intimacy, he also protects his limbs from sin. By the grace of Allah, such a fast becomes an expiation for all previous sins.

The exalted statement mentioned in the Hadith,فَاِنَّہ ٗ لِیْ وَاَنَا اَجْزِیْ بِہٖ  ("for it is for Me, and I Myself shall bestow its reward"), is particularly noteworthy. Some scholars of Hadith رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ have read this phrase as اَنَا اُجْزیٰ بِہٖ, as noted in Tafsīr al-NaꜤīmī and other works. In this case, the meaning becomes: "I (Allah) am the reward for it". سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! This implies that through fasting, the believer attains nearness to Allah Almighty.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Sleeping is an Act of Worship

Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Abī Awfā رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ reports that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

The sleep of a fasting person is worship, his silence is the glorification of Allah (tasbīḥ), his supplication is accepted, and his deeds are accepted.^[2]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه  How fortunate is the fasting person; his sleep is worship, his silence is tasbīḥ, and his supplications and righteous deeds are accepted in the court of Allah.

The Limbs Glorify Allah

The mother of the believers, Sayyidah ꜤĀˈishah al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا, narrates that the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: