٭For the one who recites the Holy Quran standing in Salah there are 100 virtues in exchange for every letter.

  ٭For the one who recites the Holy Quran in the sitting position there are 50 virtues in exchange for every letter.

  ٭25 virtues are for the one who recites [it] in the state of Wudu apart from Salah.

(Ihya-ul-'Uloom, vol. 1, pp. 366)

  ٭Recitation of Quran is a means of cleaning hearts. (Shu'ab-ul-Iman, vol. 2, pp. 352, Hadees 2014)

May Allah Almighty bless us with the desire and yearning for reciting the Holy Quran.

اٰمِــيْن بِـجَـاهِ الـنَّـبِـیِّ الْاَمِــيْن صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

صَـلُّوا عَلَى الْـحَـبِيْب                                                                                                                 صَـلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلٰى مُـحَـمَّد

Three levels of Sawm

Dear Islamic sisters! There are three levels of Sawm:

  ۔1Sawm of common people

  ۔2Sawm of the pious

  ۔3Sawm of the ascetic

1. Sawm of common people

The literal meaning of Sawm is ‘to abstain’. In Shari’ah terminology, it means to abstain from deliberately eating, drinking and having conjugal relationship from dawn (Subh-e-Sadiq) to sunset. This is called the Sawm of common people.