🧵 | The Three Levels of Fasting | 🧵 Fasting is of three levels: 1. The fasting of the general people, 2. The fasting of the devoted, 3. The fasting of the most devoted. 1. The fasting of the general people (Ṣawm al-‘Umūm): Abstaining from food, drink, and physical desires. 2. The fasting of the devoted (Ṣawm al-Khuṣūṣ): Abstaining not only from food and drink but also from sins involving the hearing, sight, speech, hands, feet, and all other bodily actions. 3. The fasting of the most devoted (Ṣawm Khuṣūṣ al-Khuṣūṣ): The fasting of the heart from worldly concerns and distractions, dedicating oneself entirely to the remembrance of Allah. [الجوهرة النيرة شرح لمختصر القدوري]