Disciplines During Fasting
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 11
8ـ وَبِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلاَم) إِذَا كَانَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ إِلاَّ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالاسْتِغْفَارِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ فَإِذَا أَفْطَرَ قَالَ اللهمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ فَعَلْتَ.
8. It is narrated from him (narrator of previous Hadith) who has said the following: “Ali ibn al-Husayn عليه السلام, in the month of Ramadan would not speak anything other than prayer, Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects), ’Istighfar, (O Allah, I appeal before You for forgiveness) and Takbir (Allah is great beyond description). After breaking his fast, he would say, ‘O Allah, if You want to do something, You just do it without fail.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/250)
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