Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ الظُّفُرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْخَلِيلُ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حِبَّانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ رَبِّهِ ﷻ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصَّوْمَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ هَذَا مِنْ أَجْوَدِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَأَحْكَمِهَا إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يُحَاسِبُ اللهُ ﷻ عَبْدَهُ وَيُؤَدِّي مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَظَالِمِ مِنْ سَائِرِ عَمَلِهِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى إِلَّا الصَّوْمُ فَيَتَحَمَّلُ اللهُ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَظَالِمِ وَيُدْخِلُهُ بِالصَّوْمِ الْجَنَّةَ
English Translation
Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna was asked about the hadith that the Prophet (peace be upon him) narrated from his Lord: 'Every deed of the son of Adam is for him except fasting, for it is for Me and I will reward for it.' Ibn 'Uyayna said: 'This is the finest and most precise of hadiths. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah the Exalted will settle accounts with His servant and will pay off the injustices owed against him from all his other deeds until nothing remains except fasting. Then Allah will bear what remains of the injustices and admit him to Paradise through fasting.'