Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Fasting

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hadith 5456
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting is one of the two means to good health.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلصِّيامُ أحَدُ الصِّحَّتَيْنِ
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hadith 5457
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting on the ‘luminous days (i.e. on the 13th, 14th and 15th) of every [lunar] month raises the stations and magnifies the rewards.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صِيامُ الأيامِ البيضِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْر تَرْفَعُ الدَّرَجاتِ وَ تُعَظِّمُ المَثُوباتِ
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hadith 5458
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting of the heart from thinking about sins is better than fasting of the stomach from food.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صِيامُ القَلْبِ عَنِ الفِكْرِ فِي الآثامِ أفْضَلُ مِنْ صِيامِ البَطْنِ عَنْ الطَّعامِ
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hadith 5459
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting of the soul from the pleasures of this world is the most beneficial fasting.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَوْمُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ لَذّاتِ الدُّنيا أنْفَعُ الصِّيامِ
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hadith 5460
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting of the body means restraining oneself from food wilfully and by choice, out of fear of punishment and out of desire for reward and recompense.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَوْمُ الجَسَدِ الإمْساكُ عَنِ الأغْذِيَةِ بِإرادَة وَاخْتِيار خَوْفاً مِنَ العِقابِ وَرَغْبَةً فِي الثَّوابِ وَ الأجْرِ
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hadith 5461
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting of the soul means restraining the five senses from all the sins and emptying the heart of all the motives of evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَوْمُ النَّفْسِ إمْساكُ الحَواسِّ الخَمْسِ عَنْ سائِرِ المَآثِمِ وَ خُلُوُّ القَلْبِ عَنْ جَميعِ أسْبابِ الشَّرِّ
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hadith 5462
Imam Ali (AS) said, Fasting of the heart is better than fasting of the tongue, and fasting of the tongue is better than fasting of the stomach.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَوْمُ القَلْبِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيامِ اللِّسانِ وَ صيامُ اللِّسانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيامِ البَطْنِ
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hadith 5463
Imam Ali (AS) said, And fasting [has been prescribed] as a test of the sincerity of the people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَ الصّيامَ اِبْتِلاءً لإخْلاصِ الخَلْقِ
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hadith 5464
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many of those who are fasting gain nothing from their fast but thirst!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ صائِم لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيامِهِ إلاّ الظِّماءُ
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