eDigest: Fasting is good for body and soul

Epigraph:

And when My servants ask thee [Prophet Muhammad] about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way.’ (Al Quran 2:187)

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Lead article written by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir, USA

 

Fasting is good for body and soul

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