*   25 good deeds are for the one who recites in the state of Wudu, apart from Salah. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 1, p. 366)

*   Reciting the Holy Quran is a means of cleansing the heart. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 2, p. 352, Hadith 2014)

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

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Three levels of fasting

Dear Islamic brothers! There are three levels of fasting:

1.   Fasting of the general public

2.   Fasting of the elite

3.   Fasting of the distinguished

1. Fasting of the common people

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

2. Fasting of the elite

In addition to withholding from eating, drinking and having conjugal relations, to prevent all the parts of body from sins is the fasting of the elite.

3. Fasting of the distinguished

Stopping oneself from every action, and completely devoting oneself