Narrated Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 72: Dress, Hadith #811
Narrated Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
This hadith is from the book of Dress in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 811 in book 72 of volume 7.
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