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Week 2 — Worship
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The fast — outer and inner

Three levels of ṣawm: of the body, of the limbs, of the heart.

About 25 minutes of listening

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Book 6: The Book of Fasting

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

Al-Ghazali explores the spiritual dimensions of fasting — its outward rules and inner secrets, the three grades of fasting, and how abstinence from food becomes a gateway to divine proximity.

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