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Fasting_by_Ghazali, page : 24
Whereas the one who breaks the fast through eating but observes it by
keeping himself free from sin is like the person who, in performing the
ablution, washes each of the limbs of his body once only. His prayers are, by
the will of Allah, accepted because he has fulfilled the principal thing in the
ablution although he has failed to fulfill its details. But whosoever does both is
like the person who in performing the ablution, washes each limb of his body
thrice, thereby fulfilling both the principal purpose of ablution as well as its
elaborate details which constitutes perfection.
The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, "Indeed fasting
is a trust; let each, therefore, take good care of his trust." When he recited the
verse, ”Allah orders you all to hand back he trusts to their owners…" he raised
his hands so that they touched his ears and eyes and said, "The gift of
hearing and sight are each a trust from Allah." Similarly, the gift of speech is a
trust, for if it were not so the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, would not have said, "If anyone disputes with another and swears at him,
let the latter say, 'I am fasting, I am fasting."
keeping himself free from sin is like the person who, in performing the
ablution, washes each of the limbs of his body once only. His prayers are, by
the will of Allah, accepted because he has fulfilled the principal thing in the
ablution although he has failed to fulfill its details. But whosoever does both is
like the person who in performing the ablution, washes each limb of his body
thrice, thereby fulfilling both the principal purpose of ablution as well as its
elaborate details which constitutes perfection.
The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, "Indeed fasting
is a trust; let each, therefore, take good care of his trust." When he recited the
verse, ”Allah orders you all to hand back he trusts to their owners…" he raised
his hands so that they touched his ears and eyes and said, "The gift of
hearing and sight are each a trust from Allah." Similarly, the gift of speech is a
trust, for if it were not so the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, would not have said, "If anyone disputes with another and swears at him,
let the latter say, 'I am fasting, I am fasting."