Ep 55. The Inner Dimensions of Fasting (Part 1 of 5)

Fasting is a practice that according to the Quran has been prescribed upon Muslims as it has been prescribed upon those who have come before. At the external superficial level, it’s described as the abstaining from eating, drinking, and having intimate sexual relations from the break of dawn until sunset. However, there is much more to this practice that one must be mindful off lest they risk being included in the Hadith stating that many who fast get nothing from it other than hunger and thirst.

This 5-part series explores the inner dimensions of fasting through covering two texts from Imam Abu Hāmid al-Ghazaālī’s magnum opus “Ihya’ Uloom ad’Deen” (Revivification of the Religious Sciences”. The first text covered was “The Book of Breaking the Two Desires”, and the second was “The Book of the Secrets of Fasting”.