Cultivating Discipline Through Sawm
“Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the Fire.”
The Divine Command
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu assiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoon
“O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.”
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:183)“Every deed of the son of Adam is multiplied, a single deed as ten times the like of it up to seven hundred times. Allah Almighty said, ‘Except for fasting, as it is for Me and I will reward it.'”
Prophet Muhammad ﷺTypes of Fasting
Ramadan (Obligatory)
The fourth pillar of Islam, observed during the 9th month of the lunar calendar.
Nafl (Voluntary)
Additional fasts to draw closer to Allah and gain extra rewards.
Spiritual Goals
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