سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الصِّيَامَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ وَحْدَهُ إِنَّ مَرْيَمَ ( عليها السلام ) قَالَتْ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمنِ صَوْماً أَيْ صَمْتاً فَاحْفَظُوا أَلْسِنَتَكُمْ وَ غُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ وَ لَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَ لَا تَنَازَعُوا فَإِنَّ الْحَسَدَ يَأْكُلُ الْإِيمَانَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ.
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Washa, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘The Fasts are not from the food and the drink alone. Maryam<sup>as</sup> said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:19#h26"><a href="/books/quran:19#h26">[19:26]</a></a> Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent</span>, i.e., silence. Therefore, preserve your tongues, and lower your gaze, and neither envy nor dispute, for the envy consumes the faith just as the fire consumes the firewood’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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