Fasting is one of the two means to good health
الصِّيَامُ أَحَدُ الصِّحَّتَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The purification of the body is [in] striving and fasting
زَكَاةُ الْبَدَنِ الْجِهَادُ وَالصِّيَامُ
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
صَوْمُ الْجَسَدِ الْإِمْسَاكُ عَنِ الْأَغْذِيَةِ بِإِرَادَةٍ وَاخْتِيَارٍ خَوْفاً مِنَ الْعِقَابِ وَرَغْبَةً فِي الثَّوَابِ وَالْأُجْرَةِ
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
صِيَامُ الْأَيَّامِ الْبِيضِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ تَرْفَعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ وَتُعَظِّمُ [يُعَظِّمُ] الْمَثُوبَاتِ
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!
كَمْ مِنْ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الظَّمَأُ
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
صَوْمُ النَّفْسِ إِمْسَاكُ الْحَوَاسِّ الْخَمْسِ عَنْ سَائِرِ الْمَآثِمِ وَخُلُوُّ الْقَلْبِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَابِ الشَّرِّ
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
صَوْمُ الْقَلْبِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيَامِ اللِّسَانِ وَصِيَامُ اللِّسَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيَامِ الْبَطْنِ
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
صَوْمُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ لَذَّاتِ الدُّنْيَا أَنْفَعُ الصِّيَامِ
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
صِيَامُ الْقَلْبِ عَنِ الْفِكْرِ فِي الْآثَامِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صِيَامِ الْبَطْنِ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ
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
زِيَارَةُ بَيْتِ اللَّهِ أَمْنٌ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech