Reconciling the hadith "Fasting is for Me" with the hadith that a good deed is multiplied tenfold
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The questioner:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile the statement of the Exalted and Majestic in the Qudsi hadith, "Except for fasting, for it is for Me," with our statement that it is
The Shaykh:
fasting on the day within the ten days. Yes, it is ten days, and as for the reward, no one knows its measure except Allah. Yes. The ten days are an increase in good, and as for its unspecified reward, this is an increase in good from Allah, Exalted and Majestic. There is no contradiction between the two hadiths.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we reconcile the statement of the Exalted and Majestic in the Qudsi hadith, "Except for fasting, for it is for Me," with our statement that it is
The Shaykh:
fasting on the day within the ten days. Yes, it is ten days, and as for the reward, no one knows its measure except Allah. Yes. The ten days are an increase in good, and as for its unspecified reward, this is an increase in good from Allah, Exalted and Majestic. There is no contradiction between the two hadiths.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/55 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (35:26)
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