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The Blessed
Month of
Fasting
Time to purify and train
body and soul
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Ramadan – sacred month in the Islamic Calendar
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Muharram Safar Rabi al Awwal
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Jumadi Jumadi at
Rabi at thani
al Awwal thani
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Rajab Shaban Ramadan
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Shawwal It is obligatory
Dhu al Qaidahon Muslims to fast in
Dhu al Hijjah
this month.
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Fasting means abstinence
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Special Prayers
Eating,
Eating, drinking
drinking and sexual
and sexual Night Day activity
activity forbidden
permitted
Special Prayers
Break fast
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Fasting and sins don’t go together
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Annual training for character-building
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Ramadan provides an
annual training
opportunity that is Ramadan
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Benefits of Fasting in Islam : How character-building is achieved…
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God-fearing nature
Afterlife Accountability
Patience
Self-control
Taqwa (Self-
Fasting
restraint) Self-discipline
Responsibility
Obedience
Purification of soul
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Days of Ramadan
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God’s Forgiveness
God’s Mercy
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Salvation from Hell-fire
Accordingly, Let's beg for Allah’s mercy, His
forgiveness and salvation from the hell-fire
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Reward of fasting
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Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) proclaimed the
reward of fasting:
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Developing ethics through fasting: Social responsibility and Individual
morality
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Cultivating feelings for poor and hungry
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The month of the Revelation of the Qur'an
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Fasting for good health
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The role of fasting according to Dr Jack Goldstein*
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It gives vital organs a complete rest
It promotes elimination of metabolic wastes
It allows the body to adjust and normalize its
biochemistry and also its secretions
It lets the body break down and absorb
swellings, deposits, diseased tissues, and
Fasting is good abnormal growths;
for the human It restores a youthful condition to the cells and
body tissues
It increases the powers of digestion and
assimilation (absorption and utilization of food into the system)
It permits the conservation and re-routing of
energy; It clears and strengthens the mind;
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* From the Book Triumph Over Disease By Fasting and Natural Diet
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Misbeliefs about fasting*
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Learn more…
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Recommended
Readings
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation & Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Quran Online
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