•♥• Types of Fasting •♥•

Imam al Ghazali (may Allah subhanu wa ta al'aa be pleased with them) writes about the following categories of fasting: 1- First level: Ordinary Fasting, this level requires abstention from three things: food, drink and sexual-satisfaction. This is the minimum requirement and the reward is given accordingly. 2- Second level: special fasting Keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet free from sin. For suchpeople just abstaining from the minimum requirement is not sufficient, thus they take care notto say, hear or do a wrong thing. As they restrain their organs from all kinds of prohibitions, they are rewarded accordingly 3- Third level: Extra-special fasting This fast involves abstaining from all unworthy thoughts, loves, desires and wishes in total disregard of everything except the thought and remembrance of Allah. This is the perfection of tawhid (oneness of Allah). One may physically be present in the world but the internal self is exclusively engaged towards Allah .