Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 12
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 12
Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it
وَ سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اِمْرَأَةً تَسُبُّ جَارِيَةً لَهَا وَ هِيَ صَائِمَةٌ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِطَعَامٍ فَقَالَ لَهَا «كُلِي» فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي صَائِمَةٌ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَكُونِينَ صَائِمَةً وَ قَدْ سَبَبْتِ جَارِيَتَكِ إِنَّ اَلصَّوْمَ لَيْسَ مِنَ اَلطَّعَامِ وَ اَلشَّرَابِ فَقَطْ ».
The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) heard a woman insulting her servant while she was fasting. The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) called for food and said to her, "Eat." She replied: "I am fasting." He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: "How can you be fasting when you have insulted your servant? Indeed, fasting is not merely abstaining from food and drink."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh