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Sunan Ibn Majah 1745 — Fasting as Zakat of the Body
Fasting is the Zakat of the body
Fasting Is the Zakat of the Body Hadith
Sunan Ibn Majah : 1745
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 1745
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحْرِزُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْعَدَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ جُمْهَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ زَكَاةٌ وَزَكَاةُ الْجَسَدِ الصَّوْمُ " . زَادَ مُحْرِزٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الصِّيَامُ نِصْفُ الصَّبْرِ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “For everything there is Zakat and the Zakat of the body is fasting.” (A narrator in one of the chains) Muhriz added in his narration: "And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Fasting is half of patience.'"
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 1745In-book reference : Book 7, Hadith 108English translation : Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 1745
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 1745
This hadith about fasting explains its spiritual value using two clear phrases. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said that everything has a zakat, and the zakat of the body is fasting. In another wording in the same report, fasting is called half of patience. The wording links fasting with self-control, restraint, and care for the body in worship. It does not mean fasting replaces the financial zakat due on wealth; the hadith is speaking about the body. For people searching “zakat of the body is fasting hadith” or “fasting is half of patience,” this narration gives both phrases in one place and shows how fasting trains the believer.
What we learn from this hadith
- Fasting is described as the zakat of the body.
- The text connects fasting with patience.
- The hadith presents fasting as a form of bodily worship.
- The wording should not be mixed with financial zakat rules.
