Three Grade of Fasting - by Imam Al-Ghazali

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:salam:

With the onset of Ramadan let’s try to reflect on these words and see if we can make Ramadan count this year and every year … inshaAllah.

Three Grades

**It should be known that there are three grades of fasting: ordinary, special and extra-special.

****Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food, drink and sexual satisfaction.

Special Fasting means keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet – and all other organs – free from sin.

Extra-special Fasting means fasting of the heart from unworthy concerns and worldly thoughts, in total disregard of everything but God, Great and Glorious is He. ****

This kind of Fast is broken by thinking of worldly matters, except for those conducive to religious ends, since these constitute provision for the Hereafter and are not of this lower world.**

For more see here …

http://www.tasawwuf.org/basics/ghazali_fasting.htm

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Re: Three Grade of Fasting - by Imam Al-Ghazali

Walaikum salam,

Thanks for sharing. inshaAllah we should all strive to achieve the highest reward.