Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Excellence of Fast and Fasting 13ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ أَوْحَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ُنَاجَاتِي فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أُجِلُّكَ عَنِ الْ٠ُنَاجَاةِ لِخُلُوفِ فَ٠ِ فَأَوْحَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا ٠ُوسَى لَخُلُوفُ فَ٠ِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدِي ٠13.

Ali has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from certain individuals of our people who have said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, sent revelation to Moses, thereby asking him, ‘What keeps you from speaking to Me?’ Moses replied, ‘It is to keep away the bad breath of fasting in order to respect your glory.’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, then sent him revelation that said, ‘O Moses, bad breath of a fasting person is more beloved to Me than musk.’” كن أن يعد صحيحا - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/203))