Ādam narrated to us—Shuʿbah reported to us—Muḥammad ibn Ziyād reported to us. He said, “I heard Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) relate from the Prophet ﷺ, conveying it from your Lord, Exalted is He:

‘Every deed has an expiation, but fasting is Mine and I alone reward for it; and the breath of the fasting person is more fragrant to Allah than the scent of musk.’

Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar narrated to us—Shuʿbah—from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, who said, ‘I heard Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) relate from the Prophet ﷺ, conveying it from your Lord, with the same wording.’

Ḥajjāj narrated to us—Shuʿbah informed us—Muḥammad ibn Ziyād told me, saying, ‘I heard Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) relate from the Prophet ﷺ, conveying it from your Lord, to the same effect.’

Muslim and Sulaymān narrated to us; they said, ‘Shuʿbah reported to us, from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, with wording like this.’

Mūsā ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to me—Ḥammād reported to us—from Thābit al-Bunānī, from Abū Rāfiʿ, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, recounting it from his Lord.