Fasting is one of the two means to good health

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The purification of the body is [in] striving and fasting

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting of the body means restraining oneself from food willfully and by choice, out of fear of punishment and out of desire for reward and recompense

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting on the ‘luminous days’ (ieon the th, th and th) of every [lunar] month raises the stations and magnifies the rewards

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

How many of those who are fasting gain nothing from their fast but thirst!

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting of the soul means restraining the five senses from all the sins and emptying the heart of all the motives of evil

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting of the heart is better than fasting of the tongue, and fasting of the tongue is better than fasting of the stomach

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting of the soul from the pleasures of this world is the most beneficial fasting

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Fasting of the heart from thinking about sins is better than fasting of the stomach from food

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Visiting the House of Allah is a safeguard against the torment of hellfire

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech