Benefits of Fasting:
Fasting makes it easier to perform acts of worship, this is evident from seeing fasting people compete and rush to perform good deeds. When not fasting, maybe they would have been lazy or found the worship difficult for them.
Shaykh
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Shaykh Shaykh Uthaymīn (rahimahullāh) explained and extracted multiple benefits from verse 132 of Surah Ta-Ha:
وَأۡمُرۡ أَهۡلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ عَلَيۡہَاۖ
Patience falls into five categories as Al-Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullāh) explained in his tremendous book, ‘Iddatu as-Ṣābirīn
Patience is categorised into five: Wājib (Obligatory), Mandūb (Recommended), Maḥḍhūr (Prohibited), Makrūh
Shaykh Uthaymīn (rahimahullaah) explains al-Istigfār:
The author (Imām an-Nawawi (rahimahullāh)) completed his book (Riyādh as-Sālihīn) - this tremendously beneficial book which Muslims in all corners of the world benefit from (the layperson and
Studying the prophet’s biography (sallallāhu alaihi wa salam) and reading it, causes:
The certainty of the believer to become stronger.
Makes his steadfastness and perseverance upon the religion of Allah stronger.
Causes the believer’s
Imām As-Sa’di (rahimahullāh) explained the following part of āyah 73 from sūrah Āli Imrān:
قُلْ إِنَّ الْهُدَىٰ هُدَى اللَّهِ
“Verily! Right guidance is the Guidance of Allah" (Āli- Imrān: 73)
This verse
