Ramadan is The Month of fasting
Ramadan Fasting Teaches us an Emphaty
Islamic Order:
Ramadan Fasting, Step Forward to Allah's Love
Ramadan Fasting is one of the God's order in Islam. Every singel moslem around the world must do fasting. Actually, fasting is'not for God, but its advantages just for moslems their selves. Fasting is very important to make a moslem step forward to be a muttaqin. Fasting will make moslem's heart more clean. Fasting also emphasizes to every single moslem in order to has a big symphaty and emphaty to the poor one
Fasting is three of the five pillars of Islam. Concerning the quick of Ramadan, the Qur’an declares:
Fasting is a school for the training of both the physical body & the soul, & it's numerous merits & benefits. However, as with any other act of worship, Muslims observe the quick not for the benefits, but because they wish to totally submit to the will of God. Believers are aware that worldly benefits are not the aim of any kind of worship. Muslims draw closer to God by abandoning the things they enjoy, & this makes the sincerity of their devotion to God all the more evident. They know that God will be pleased with them if they abandon worldly comforts for His sake. The reason for their worship is the Divine command & its result is God’s cool pleasure.
The month of Ramadan, is the month in which the Qur’an (began to be) sent down as a pure source of guidance for people, &, when practiced, as clear signs of guidance & the Criterion between truth & falsehood. Therefore, whoever is present during this month must quick & they who is so ill that they cannot quick or they who is on a journey must quick the same number of days on other days. God desires ease for you, & desires not hardship for you, so that you can complete the number of the days required, & exalt God because they has guided you, & it is hoped that you may give the thanks due to Him. (Baqara 2:185)
How does Hunger Accomplish What Abundance cannot?
Human beings have both carnal & spiritual sides. The physical body of a human is comparatively small, but the soul is infinite, allowing them to embrace the whole universe. Human beings are not only material objects, a creature consisting of a stomach, nor do they only have a limited, cumbersome, simple, or transient corporal body. Human nature is so universal that in themselves human beings contain some aspect of all that exists in the universe. The limitless tendencies, desires, feelings, dreams, thoughts, & ideas of humanity are like an index of the universe.
God Almighty has ornamented the Earth with limitless blessings & has given it to humanity, the vicegerent of God on Earth. Each day they receive lavishly prepared dining tables, three after another. Their sustenance is sent to them from the Heavens via the trees, each of which gives a different fruit in a different season of the year & the Earth nourishes them with every kind of delicious provisions.
they has granted you all that you would ask of Him. Should you attempt to count God’s blessings, you cannot calculate them. But humankind is innately inclined to extreme misjudgment & ingratitude. (Ibrahim 14:34)
Both the Earth & the skies were created to serve humanity, & the main reason why human beings exist is to worship God, making worship a fundamental aim in itself. God Almighty says in the Qur’an: i have not created the jinn & humankind but to know & worship Me alone (Dhariyat 51:56). God, the most Gracious, gave us limitless favors but unfortunately, for the most part we are unaware of & thus not thankful for these bounties. we are like a fish that's in the sea but unaware of the water as a blessing.
three of the signs of a person being mature is the subjugation of the bestial characteristics of the brain & the soul. Human nature is difficult to deal with; it is sometimes excessive & sometimes regressive. Severe measures are sometimes needed to suppress the excesses. In this sense, it is difficult to satisfy the carnal soul; the more you give the more it demands. The carnal soul continuously commands human beings to commit sins. According to a Qur’anic decree, the Prophet Joseph describes the carnal soul in the most eloquent way saying,
Repentance after committing sins & the redemption of sins through fasting strengthen the free will of humanity & purify the soul.
I free not my own self of blame, for the human soul is certainly prone to evil, except to whom my Lord has granted His Mercy. Surely my Lord is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful (Yusuf 12:53).
Surely we have created human of the best stature as the perfect pattern of creation; then we have reduced him to the lowest of the low. Except those who believe & do cool, righteous deeds, so there is for them a reward constant & beyond measure. (Tin 95:4-6)
God Almighty has provided humanity with the willpower to ascend from the lowest rank to a most exalted three, or vice versa. Therefore, sometimes humans can surpass the angels & become closer to God, while at other times some people are worse than any devil.
… as for those who disbelieve, they shall enjoy this world & eat as cattle eat; & the Fire shall be their abode (Muhammad 47:12).
Since the excess of animality hinders the emergence of angelic aspects, it is necessary that human beings should try to dominate their animalistic side. When the dominance of the soul over the body weakens or when the body becomes dominant, human beings become slaves to their carnal desires. They pay no heed to the intellect or to religious admonitions & spend all their energy trying to quench their thirst & hunger for worldly delights. Their only concern is to find new ways of satisfying their carnal desires. they've to invent substances that increase the appetite, that aid digestion, or even act as stimulants. “Such people are like a donkey or an ox, even if they are at the peak of science, culture, & civilization. They will commute between the dining room & the toilet all their life & will have no time for any principles or for the eternal life. All their faculties will die, except for those pertaining to lust, food, drink, & foolish entertainment.”1 No depiction can be more precise & more elegant than that of the Qur’an:
Fasting Helps us to Become Aware of God’s Blessings & to Appreciate Them
As for spiritual merits & therapeutic benefits that may be gained from performing the quick, these cannot be considered to be the sole results, irrespective of how satisfactory the fruits are. Since believers quick to seek the pleasure of God & to gain salvation in the Hereafter, it is clear that the fruits & benefits of the quick are in the Hereafter. Nevertheless, exploring the wisdom behind the act of fasting strengthens the faith of Muslims who are aware that whatever God commands is always cool & whatever they prohibits is always bad & harmful. This helps them proceed in the awareness that God, Who is so compassionate & generous, rewards cool deeds both in this world & the Hereafter.
Fasting is the reins & bit that restrain the carnal self. It hinders human beings from becoming arrogant like pharaohs. it is reported that the Prophet said: “God inflicted certain sort of punishments on the carnal self. First, they put the carnal self in the fire & asked: ‘Who are you, who am I?’ The carnal self said: ‘You are you, i am me.’ Then, God restrained the self with hunger & asked again: ‘Who are you, who am I?’ The final answer of the self was: ‘You are the Owner of the worlds & i am Your humble servant.’”
Fasting forms a private connection between the Creator & the creation, & it's deep inner aspects along with its more obvious benefits & merits. Thus, fasting has a special quality that's not found in anything else & that's its close connection to God; this is so much so that they says: “Fasting is for Me, & I shall reward it.” God has selected fasting for Himself, & they will reward it & multiply the reward without measure.
Fasting is a school for the training of the spirit, the purification of the heart, & protection from committing sins. No matter whether three fasts only for a day or a month, the person fasting cuts themselves off from worldly comforts, including food, drink, & sexual relations, that are otherwise lawful in the ordinary course of life, at the behest of God, Who shall give a reward for it. Although everything completed for the sake of God has a reward, none of the cool deeds or acts of worship can be compared to fasting when it comes to God’s pleasure & reward. As reported by Abu Hurayra, God’s Messenger stated that God said, “Every act of the humanity is for themselves, except fasting. it is for Me, & I shall reward it. that's because they abstain from food, drink & carnal desires for My sake.”2
Sincerity is important when three observes an act of worship. Sincerity means doing something only for God’s sake. Fasting reflects this characteristic well, for it cannot be known whether a person is actually fasting or not. Only God & the person fasting can know this. Moreover, there is no require to make the fact that three is fasting known to other people.
Therefore, believers must observe fasting in complete cordiality & refrain from actions that may harm their sincerity. They should not depress or annoy others, or expect anything from them while observing the quick, as this is only for God.
The teachings of Jesus concerning this issue are stated in the Bible:
Whenever you quick, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they've received their reward. But you, when you quick, anoint your head, & wash your face; so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Lord who is in secret, & your Lord, who sees in secret, will reward you (Mathew 6:16-18).
People of deep perception think that, “fasting is for me,” means “I am Samad,” the three to Whom all created beings turn to for all their needs, & Who isn't dependent on anything or somebody for any require. God isn't in require of anything, & they does not require our fasting, either. it is an act of worship observed for God alone; fasting causes a positive alter in the nature of the person fasting & brings about perfect moral values that God will reward in a way beyond the imagination of human beings. Fasting is a worship that's not evident to other people & therefore there is no ostentation. Therefore, in the second part, God says: “and I will reward it.”
The Bible alone has 74 references to fasting.3 The Bible mentions that the Prophets Jesus, John (the Baptist), Moses, Daniel, Elijah, & David, peace be on them, all fasted. Prophet David fasted every other day. This quick of David is three of the most virtuous of the recommended fasts in Islam as well. Prolonged fasting was practiced by the Biblical saints, Ahab, Anna, Esther, Hannah, Ezra, & the apostles.
Fasting isn't only mentioned in the Bible, both the Old & New Testament, but also in the Mahabharat of Hinduism, & in the Upanishads of India, as well as being observed among the Jains. The original significance of fasting as a form of spiritual devotion was the same among the nations & communities of such ancient civilizations as the Celts, Aztecs, Babylonians, ancient Peruvians, the Assyrians, the ancient Greeks, & the Egyptians. Namely, fasting as an institution for spiritual reasons is common to all religions & faiths.
The life accounts of all the prophets in revealed scriptures & in popular knowledge show that they were actually leading a holy way of life for a certain period of time, even before they started receiving Divine Guidance. During this period, they abstained from food, drink, & other human needs, & they enabled their souls to have communion with God & finally were rewarded with His revelation. Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus, & Prophet Muhammad (peace be on them all), who are guides for the purification & perfection of the soul, observed fasting during the preparation phase of their difficult missions. Prophet Moses spoke with God & received the Law after fasting for forty days:
& they was there with the Lord forty days & forty nights; they did neither eat bread, nor drink water. & they wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34:28).
The Bible also mentions that Jesus fasted for forty days in the desert before starting his ministry. Similarly, Prophet Muhammad was called to the prophethood at the age of forty while fasting & worshipping during the month of Ramadan in the Hira cave on top of a mountain in solitude. This is another proof of the fact that fasting is an influential factor in the maturation & purification of human beings.
The Qur’an is the greatest evidence concerning the order of fasting prescribed for modern & ancient people alike:
O, you who believe! Prescribed for you is the quick, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may deserve God’s protection against the temptations of your carnal soul & attain piety. (Baqara 2:183)
Fasting entails abstinence not only from food, but also from all kinds of empty talk, obscene language, backbiting, slander, as well as unlawful looks, & etc. that's, a perfect quick means refraining from committing all kinds of sins along with abstaining from carnal desires. People of deep perception have said that fasting is invalidated not only by eating, drinking, or sexual intercourse, but also by malicious or evil actions, such as lying, backbiting, & slander. The following saying of the Prophet supports this idea: “Many an observer of fasting won't receive any reward from their quick but the pain of hunger ...”4
In another tradition that highlights the greatness of the reward awaiting those who quick, Abu Umama reports, “I asked the Prophet to tell me a religious practice I should perform. they said: ‘Observe the quick, since this unique act of worship has no equal.’ I repeated my question & they again said: ‘Observe the quick, since it's no equal.’ I asked the same question for the third time & they answered as they did before: ‘Observe the quick, since it's no equal.”5
Changing the normal habits from time to time is a form of rest for the body. Students, for example, have holydays after studying for several months continuously. Similarly, employees receive a day for leisure & rest after working during the week. Is it therefore not reasonable to think that the stomach & the digestive process also require a rest?
Fasting: The Physical Dimension
Some people claim that fasting is a harmful practice that poses medical risks. First of all, it isn't true that fasting, as has been observed by Muslims, is harmful to the body.
it is a well-known fact that all animals quick instinctively when unwell. it is a highly potent natural anti-inflammatory therapy. Also, in winter most animals find little to eat & therefore they fall in to a state of hibernation, which is a kind of fasting. When they awake in spring, after their first meal they are physically renewed, more energetic, & full of strength. This demonstrates that a living organism can survive for a long time without food or water without suffering any serious harm.
The human body & in particular the digestive organs of the human body need
