10 BENEFITS OF FASTING | SHAYKH SAQIB IQBAL

[0:00]Every benefit of fasting that is mentioned by our spiritual masters, it creates the fear of Allah in your heart. It gives you the that Allah is watching you. Imam al-Ghazali, he mentions that there are 10 benefits of fasting. He says the first benefit of fasting is Zakiya. It is the purification of the heart. Zakiya kalp. Fasting purifies your heart. So remember that. Second benefit of fasting, he says that fasting creates in your heart. If you can't shed tears, if you become stone-hearted, it creates such that a fasting person, a person who hasn't eaten, if he's hungry, it's easy for him to shed tears in the remembrance of Allah. And the third benefit of fasting, feeling the hunger of the poor people. We're feeling the taste, feeling the pain of those who are and those who are less fortunate. And then the fourth benefit is that it reminds you of the hunger and thirst of the hereafter, of the day of the judgment. Fasting reminds you of the hunger and thirst of the day of judgment. This is something that we never think about. We never think about the hunger and thirst on the day of judgment. When we will have to stand in the court of Allah, one day will be like the 50,000 years of this world. And people will be hungry and thirsty. Fasting reminds you of the hunger and thirst on the day of judgment. It is something we need to convey to our family members, our children. Fifth benefit of fasting, he says that fasting distances you from sinful acts. Keeps you away from sinning. When you're fasting, you will not sin, provided you act upon the. You understand the rule of fasting which we will be mentioning inshallah. And the sixth benefit of fasting is that you will sleep less. You will sleep if you eat a lot, then you will sleep a lot. And the seventh benefit of fasting is that it creates ease in. It makes easy for you. When you're fasting, you will not feel lazy. When you're fasting, you will have and ease in. And the eighth point is, with less food, you will have. You will be satisfied with less food. You will be happy with less food. You will eat less and you will be content with that. And that is the training that you have to go through in Ramadan, not to overeat at time and time and time, to eat less. And that is one of the training that he mentions that you will be content with, with the little that you have. And number nine, fasting gives you good health. Fasting is healthy. That is the of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam. And the 10th is that you have the, you're motivated to give in the path of Allah. So you will have a lot to give in the path of Allah. You will go through the training in the month of Ramadan to eat less. And for the remaining 11 months, that itself will be helpful and useful for you to eat less in the remaining 11 months. And when you will eat less, you will have a lot of food left to give to the poor people. So it increases the of and.