Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Excellence of Fast and Fasting َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْ٠َانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الصَّائِ٠ُ فِي عِبَادَةٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ ٠9.

Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn Hassan from Muhammad ibn Ali from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from ‘Abd Allah ibn Talhah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘A fasting person, even when resting in bed, is in the state of worshipping as long as he does not backbite a Muslim.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/202))