The fasting person being commanded to speak little and guard against lying

Taliq bin Qays said: Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When you fast, guard your fast as much as you can." Abu Salih al-Hanafi said: When Taliq fasted, he would go into his house and would come out only for prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the day that one of you is fasting, let him neither speak obscenely nor behave ignorantly. If someone behaves ignorantly towards him, let him say: 'I am fasting.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the day that one of you is fasting, let him neither speak obscenely nor behave ignorantly. If someone behaves ignorantly towards him, let him say: 'I am fasting.'"

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When one of you is fasting, his ears, his eyes and his tongue should also fast from lying and sin. He should refrain from harming his servant. On the day of his fast, dignity and tranquillity should prevail over him. He should not make the day he fasts and the day he does not fast alike.

Abu al-Mutawakkil said: When Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companions fasted, they would sit in the mosque.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Fasting is not merely refraining from food and drink; rather, fasting is also refraining from lying, falsehood, idle talk and swearing oaths.

Maymun said: The easiest part of fasting is giving up food and drink.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Fasting is not merely refraining from food and drink; rather, fasting is also refraining from lying, falsehood and idle talk.

Masruq also reported the same from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abu al-Bakhtari said: In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a woman used to fast, but she did not guard her tongue. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of this, he said: "She has not fasted." She began to guard her tongue, and he said: "Now her fast is close to being sound." She guarded it even more, and he said: "Now she has fasted."

Mujahid said: The fast of one who avoids two traits will remain intact: one is backbiting and the other is lying.

Ibrahim said: The early generations used to say that lying breaks the fast.

Abu al-Aliyah said: The fasting person is in a state of worship as long as he does not backbite.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever keeps eating the flesh of people has not fasted."