Is there a comment on the hadith (He leaves his food and his desire for my sake)?

The questioner : A comment on what you have mentioned, and that is regarding those who cite the hadith

The Shaykh: This.

The questioner : regarding the invalidity of the statement?

The Shaykh : This is a common error. It is true that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in a well-known hadith that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the One who takes charge of the reward for the fasting person Himself. Why? He said: The "desire" here is not to be interpreted in the comprehensive, absolute sense that includes even a permissible desire. For example, I applied perfume earlier, and I applied it during the day while I was fasting. This is a pleasant scent; this is a desire, but it is a permissible desire, not a forbidden one. If you pass by some roads, like the orchard planted with citrus trees whose flowers have a scent that carries to the end of the road, and you smell it, this is a desire. You have intercourse with your wife, as we mentioned earlier; this is a desire, and we do not want to go deeper than that. All of this is a desire. So, this does not fall under the generality of the hadith. Rather, it means he leaves his forbidden desire. The forbidden desire here is to be interpreted not as breaking the fast physically, but as the general breaking of the fast that includes all forbidden things. So, he leaves his forbidden desire. As for expanding this circle to include permissible desires, no scholar says that. Yes.