91. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said:

The one who fasts a day voluntarily, if he is given the amount of what fills the earth with gold, his reward will not be fulfilled as compared to that of the Day of Reckoning. It means that the reward for fasting is not estimated like how one good deed is estimated by ten the likes of it. The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: All the deeds of the son of Adam are by ten the likes of them until seven hundred the likes of, except for patience, for indeed, it is for Me, and I will reward for it. Thus, the reward for patience is concealed in the Knowledge of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and patience is fasting.