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The fruit and advantages of fasting can easily be proved. And first; fasting is most useful in preparing the soul for prayer, and the contemplation of divine things, as the angel Raphael saith: "Prayer is good with fasting". Thus Moses for forty days prepared his soul by fasting, before he presumed to speak with God: so Elias fasted forty days ...
Along with fasting, obligatory prayer is one of the greatest obligations of a Baháʼí, [2] and the purpose of the obligatory prayer is to foster the development of humility and devotion. The obligation of daily obligatory prayer was prescribed by Baháʼu'lláh , the founder of the Baháʼí Faith , in his book of laws, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas .
Fast-free days. During certain festal times the rules of fasting are done away with entirely, and everyone in the church is encouraged to feast with due moderation, even on Wednesday and Friday. Fast-free days are as follows: Bright Week – the period from Pascha (Easter Sunday) through Thomas Sunday (the Sunday after Pascha), inclusive.
The period of fasting begins with the termination of the Intercalary Days and ends with the festival of Naw-Rúz. [5] Abstinence from food, drink, and smoking from sunrise to sunset. [4] Fasting is obligatory for men and women once they attain the age of 15. [5] If one eats unconsciously during fasting, this is not breaking the fast as it is an ...
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