Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 237
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa 2. expected to abstain from all food and drink, and conjugal relations, completely. Furthermore, a greater part of the night is spent in spiritual exercises such as recitation of the. Holy Qur'an and offering of the Tahajjud Prayers, which is very essence of fasting. During the month of fasting,. Muslims are required to redouble their efforts in alms-giving and care for the destitute. . Other obligatory fasting is most often related to seeking forgiveness of God for sins. This includes violation of the obligatory fasts. . The Holy Qur'ān says: يْأَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُوْنَ لا ya ayyuhalladhina āmanū kutiba 'alaikumusṣiyamu kamā kutiba 'alalladhīna min qablikum laʻallakum tattaqūn. O Ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous. (2:184). Zakāt (Alms Giving). Zakāt is a kind of worship prescribed in order to bring about equitable economic adjustment in society. The Arabic word. Zakāt literally means to purify something. In this context a mandatory payment of a fixed portion of the wealth would mean that the residual wealth after the deduction of Zakat has been rendered pure and lawful for the believers. . The Holy Qur'an commands: 237