الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ
Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter).
Sahih al-Bukhari 1894 · Source checked
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Source
Sahih al-Bukhari 1894
Book 30, Hadith 4
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What It Means: Reading in Context
This opening statement is followed by instructions to avoid indecent and foolish conduct while fasting and to respond to provocation by saying that one is fasting. The narration later discusses the special reward of fasting. The selected image is about spiritual protection, not a promise of physical immunity. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 1894. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Use a fast to practise restraint in your responses as well as in eating and drinking. Pause before replying to a provocation.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.