عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((أُعْطِيَتْ أُمَّتِي خَمْسَ خِصَالٍ فِي رَمَضَانَ لَمْ تُعْطَهَا أُمَّةٌ قَبْلَهُمْ، خُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، وَتَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُفْطِرُوا، وَيُزَيِّنُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ جَنَّةً، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: يَوشِكُ عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ أَنْ يَلْقُوا عَنْهُمْ الْمَئُونَةَ وَالْأَذَى وَيَصِيرُوا إِلَيْكِ، وَيُصَفَّدُ فِيهِ مَرَدَةُ الشَّيَاطِينِ، فَلَا يَخْرُصُوا إِلَى مَا كَانُوا يَخْرُصُونَ فِي غَيْرِهِ، وَيَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ فِي آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ))، قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَهِيَ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ؟ قَالَ: ((لَا وَلَكِنَّ الْعَامِلَ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى أَجْرُهُ إِذَا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Ummah has been given five such virtues in the month of Ramadan that were not given to any Ummah before them. Their details are as follows: (1) The smell from the mouth of a fasting person is purer with Allah than the fragrance of musk, (2) The angels pray for mercy for them until they break their fast, (3) Allah Almighty adorns His Paradise every day and says to it: Soon My righteous servants will cast aside their hardships and difficulties and come to you, (4) In this month, the rebellious devils are chained and cannot carry out their activities as they do on ordinary days, and (5) Allah Almighty forgives my Ummah in the last night of this month. Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! Is this the Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, no, the fact is that the laborer is given his wages when he has completed his work.