Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Excellence of Fast and Fasting 7ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ قَالَ الصَّبْرُ الصِّيَا٠ُ وَقَالَ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِالرَّجُلِ النَّازِلَةُ وَالشَّدِيدَةُ فَلْيَصُ٠ْ فَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ يَعْنِي الصِّيَا٠7.

Ali has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Sulayman from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “This is about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘Seek support through patience.’ (2:45) Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘“Patience” is a reference to fasting.’ He further said, ‘If a man faces severe difficulties, he should fast.

Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, has said, “Seek support through patience,” that is, “fasting.””’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/201))