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Al Ghaz\u0101l\u012b\u2019s hierarchal classifications might sit uneasily with certain modern readers, however, who can dispute the Quran\u2019s unambiguous classification of hierarchy, based on Taqwa (Quran 49:13). Al Ghaz\u0101l\u012b describes three classes of fasting:\n\nThe fasting of the common people\nThe fasting of the elect\nThe fasting of the elect of the elect\n\nThe following talk will focus on the fasting of the common people. \n\nReading from Ghazali\u2019s masterpiece Ihy\u0101\u2018 \u2018ul\u016bm al-din (The chapter on the mysteries of fasting) the Shaykh goes through the two reasons of what makes fasting so special that Allah Most High has claimed this act of worship to belong to Him exclusively. As goes the famous prophetic tradition \u201cFasting is Mine and it is I who give reward for it\u2026\u201d (Hadeeth Qudsi)\n\nhttps://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDV1iu5a249gftHif0D