{"id":2540,"date":"2018-05-25T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T11:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarkarhealings.com\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2022-04-18T02:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T02:37:48","slug":"3-levels-of-fasting-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/2018\/05\/25\/3-levels-of-fasting-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Levels of Fasting Benefits Siyam Ramadan Kareem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #006400;\"><u>3 Levels of Fasting\u00a0<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #006400;\"><u>Benefits\u00a0<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #006400;\"><u>\/Siyam<\/u><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Allah Subhanahu wa Ta\u2019ala \u00a0mentions in the Qur&#8217;an:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8220;O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u25ba{Surah Al Baqara,Verse 183}<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img140\" class=\"sq_image alignright\" title=\"levels of fasting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/levels-of-fasting.jpg\" alt=\"3 levels of fasting\" width=\"400\" height=\"720\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0Ibada is not an objective for itself. It is a means to the objective which is taqwa of Allah (generally translated as God consciousness).\u00a0Many of the ibadat have patience as their objective. Reported in hadith Al Tarmidhi Ibn Majah with hasan isnad:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Fast is half of patience.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>So in fact it\u2019s a school who\u2019s goal is\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>to gain piety<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Signs of success for Ramadan fasting:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8211; Are you better than the previous Ramadan?<br \/>\n&#8211; Are you closer to Allah?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Our Shaykh Sayed Abdul Qadir Jeelani(RA) has mentioned 3 levels of fasting.:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0There are 3 levels of fasting benefits, as given below<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Level One (Most Basic):\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>To abstain from food, drinks, intimate relations etc.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Level Two (Fasting of the Body):<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>\u00a0Making your limbs abstain from forbidden.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Level Three Fasting of the Heart: <\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><em>Avoiding dunyawi(worldly) \u00a0thoughts and focusing on Allah only. Devote yourself.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Breaking your fast involves you succumbing to your nafs or desires, but it could also mean anything that disturbs from the muraqabah of Allah Azza wa Jal<br \/>\nThere has to be Iqbal: rushing with your body, heart and soul to the observation of Allah.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Shroud yourself in the meaning of this when Allah says :<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0642\u064f\u0644\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u064f<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062b\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0630\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0650\u064a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062e\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0636\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u064a\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0628\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8220;Say Allah and leave them in their playfulness&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u25ba{Surat Al An\u2019am Verse 91}<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Fasting of the Eye:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Your eyes fasts from looking at haram. As indicated in this hadith:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8220;The evil glance is one of the poisoned arrows of Shaytan, on him be God&#8217;s curse. Whoever forsakes it for the fear of Allah, will receive from Him (Great and Gracious is He) a faith, the sweetness of which he will find within his heart.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u25ba(al-Haakim)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>If you abandon looking at something forbidden, Allah will cause you to taste a sweetness in your heart. Fasting of the eye also involves abstain from that which occupies the heart that isn\u2019t beneficial, even if its halal.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Fasting of the Tongue: <\/u><\/strong><strong>From lying, slandering, gossip, backbiting, saying bad words, arguing. Rather than occupying the tongue with argumentation focus on zikr of Allah Hadith:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0623\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0623\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064e\u0629\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u064e\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0635\u0644\u0649<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0632\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u0645\u064c<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0650\u0628\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062a\u064d<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0650\u064a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064e\u0636\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0643\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u064f\u062d\u0650\u0642\u064b\u0651\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0628\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062a\u064d<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0650\u064a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0637\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0643\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0643\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0628\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0632\u0650\u062d\u064b\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0628\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062a\u064d<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0650\u064a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0649<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u062c\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062d\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0651\u0646\u064e<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u062e\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0642\u064e\u0647\u064f<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cAbu Umamah reported: The Messenger of Allah, salla Allah alayhi wa alihi wa sallam, said<\/strong><strong>,<em>\u00a0\u201cI guarantee a house on the outskirts of Paradise for one who abandons arguments even if he is right, and a house in the middle of Paradise for one who abandons lies even when joking, and a house in the highest part of Paradise for one who makes his character excellent.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>-Many ulama of Seerah say that Hadrat Abu Bakr (radi Allahu a\u2019anhu) used to put a pebble on his tongue to prevent himself from speaking.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Fasting of the Ear:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>We refuse to listen to lies or anything that is forbidden such as gossiping etc. Stay away from gatherings where there is gossip or evil discussions.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Fasting of the Rest of the Limbs( Hand, foot, your stomach)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8211; We need to make peace with our stomach. Avoid overeating during suhoor and iftaar. Don\u2019t overeat!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8211; Don\u2019t break your fast using haram food. It\u2019s like building a palace and destroying the whole village. It could also mean breaking your fast on gossiping or backbiting other people.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>&#8211; Lighter in food means more powerful ruh. Eat little to feel the Sunnah. You feel your neediness also for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta\u2019ala.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><u>Fasting of the Heart:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000cd;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>\u00a0Your heart is hanging between khauf (\u2018fear\u2019) and raja\u2019 (hope). Fear of rejection of your good deeds and hope that they will be accepted.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpel-icon-right\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/islamic-name-etiquette-of-naming\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><strong>Read\u00a0<\/strong>ISLAMIC NAME Etiquette Of Naming New Born Babies<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><strong>Those who want Taweez, Naqash for any problem in life, please send contact by email- sarkarhealing@gmail.com or\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/918762445866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">WHATSAPP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a class=\"wpel-icon-right\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/product-category\/coded-dua\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">FOR VARIOUS QURANIC TAWEEZ OF SURAH, CLICK HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Levels of Fasting\u00a0Benefits\u00a0\/Siyam Allah Subhanahu wa Ta\u2019ala \u00a0mentions in the Qur&#8217;an: &#8220;O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint.&#8221;\u25ba{Surah Al Baqara,Verse 183} \u00a0Ibada is not an objective for itself. It is a means to the objective which is taqwa of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[34,1569,2652,2653,2654,2655,2656,2977,3079,3596,3674,4228,21383,4767,4768,4770,4771,4772,4774,4780,4781,4784,4788,4789,4790,4791,4792,4795,4867,6042,21322,16560,16651,16685],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarkarhealings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}