especially fasting from drinking water
2006-10-01 23:52:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes it is hard.
But believe in Allah and
the Greater Reward for keeping Fast in such a condition help to do it successfully.
2006-10-01 23:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thank you for this question.
This is part of fasting. There are many who have jobs that make fasting difficult for one reason or another. But this helps to teach you the self discipline and taqwa that is important during this time.
Do not let a little thirst because you are talking make you think about how hard it is on you. Think about those poor in the world who have no clean water to drink and cook with. Grow in your compassion for them and consider your station in this life.
And Allah knows best.
Peace and Blessings,
Salim
2006-10-02 06:58:33 · answer #2 · answered by إمام سليم چشتي 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, when I used to work as a teacher, water was what I missed the most especially if it was a naughty class. But Allah helps you through it so long as you are sincere and doing it from the heart, not showing off.
2006-10-02 07:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first day only is hard for everybody but later the body gets used to being without food, of course we get thirsty but fasting in Ramadan is really special, we accept it and enjoy it.
2006-10-02 06:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
not at all. well that is the time we need to think of those people in Africa who suffer and die every year in vast numbers due to malnutrition. well i work when i fast and also give atleast 3 lectures a day -- fasting or not.
2006-10-02 06:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by marissa 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I did not eat for 9 days. It's about motivation and strength. The whole vision thing is from your body going crazy from lack of nutrious intake.
2006-10-02 06:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
nope!!
its easy
but its kinda hard when u see everyone is eating but u
but on the other hand it teachs u how to be pationd and gives u will-power
bye
2006-10-02 06:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no, alhamdullilah
2006-10-08 13:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by Muslimah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...k u
2006-10-02 07:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by abbes r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Muslims are commanded to fast at home rergardless of what they say. They dont follow the Quran but turn their backs on ALLAH:
In the Name of ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
“This day have those who reject faith (the Unbelievers) given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not, but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” Sura 5:4
Perfect and complete describe the favour of Islam from ALLAH ta’ala to mankind. Islam is not to be taken partially but wholly. You do not believe in part of the Book and reject the other.
·“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you even as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may learn self-restraint (ward off evil).
·(Fasting) for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the prescribed number from days later. For those who can afford it, is a ransom, the feeding of one that is needy, but whoso doth good of his own accord, it is better for him, and that ye fast it is better for you if ye did but know.
·Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Quran, as a Guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for Guidance and Judgement. So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month, should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill or on a journey, the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later. ALLAH intends every facility for you, He does not want to put you to difficulties, to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance you shall be grateful.
· When my servants ask you concerning Me, I am indeed close. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls unto me. So let them hear My Call and let them trust in Me in order that they may be led aright.”
Fasting was prescribed before the Quran and prophet Muhammad (uwbp) and to people who were Muslims as well, so Islam is no new faith. Fasting is, first of all, prescribed to instil discipline and self-restraint for warding off evil.
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is not guaranteed to ward off evil when it is done during illness or on a journey. Travel outside of home puts the Believer at risk of distraction, discomfort, and unease, while illness is itself a state of impurity, distraction, discomfort, unease and disease. Obedience to the prescriptions of the fast for Ramadan makes the fast similar to the five-times daily prayer, which must be observed with the cleanliness of ablution, since the journey and the illness taint the conditions that purify the fast and make the fast as meaningless as prayer without ablution. The fast therefore demands the same kind of attention and concentration as prayer, for the reasons given are to glorify ALLAH that He has guided you with the Quran and the fast, and “that perchance you shall be grateful” to ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
The perfection of Islam prohibits risks, or further risks, to the health and safety of the Believer. One can reasonably understand this condition to be the effect of the journey on the individual rather than the distance or length of time spent on the journey since ALLAH intends that the fast be without difficulty, and as pure as the offering of the daily prayers. To ignore or to belittle the rules is to stray from the Path of Islam.
The fast continues outside of the month of Ramadan in order to make up for the fasts missed by illness or the journey, which doubles the reward for the one who fasts in the state of purification, since the missed fasts remain open for proper observation and the reward for obedience to the rules for illness or the journey have been adhered to by the Believer.
Self-restraint at the fast demands control of one’s natural desires for food and drink in order earn the discipline to resist the desire to ignore the commands set by ALLAH and the Quran. Submission to the Will of ALLAH, which is what Islam is about, excludes personal satisfaction or self-glorification or self-praise, that is, nothing should be done merely to show off or to follow blindly.
He who, for some reason, must miss the fast of Ramadan, if he can afford to feed a needy person he may do so as a ransom. Islam is purification of human life and ALLAH encourages that the good deed be done to the needy, as another form of purification, and it can also be described as purification of one’s wealth. But that the payment of the ransom is not taken to be merely a bribe, ALLAH advises that the good deed can be done of one’s own accord and made better if the fast is added.
The month of Ramadan, the Fast and the Quran are inseparable. The favour of perfection is not to be claimed without the purity of the Quran. The fast cannot stand alone as a claim to Islam since the Quran, whole and complete, is the Guidance that identifies the evils that must be warded off. The Quran is the Muslim Believer’s Owner’s Manual without which the Muslim is without the Faith that is required for the Pleasure of ALLAH, and for the claim to Islam.
ALLAH then repeats the exemption from the fast of Ramadan for the sick and the one who must journey and who is therefore outside of the safety of the home, with the opportunity to make up the missed fasts at later dates. ALLAH further dismisses the idea that the fast is to be viewed as a form of punishment as the Believer is given the assurance that ALLAH intends every service to you and does not want to put you to difficulties to complete the prescribed period. Islam is the perfect way of life and too purifying for ALLAH the Most Merciful to call on the Muslim to volunteer self-punishment as a form of worship. A Muslim does not have a cross to bear and Allah says that He does not give to any person more than one can bear.
Glorify ALLAH for the Fast and the Quran, in that ALLAH has guided you, and perhaps you shall be grateful.
The fast of the month of Ramadan is better spent reading the Quran in order to understand the Mercy that ALLAH has sent down to mankind through the Quran and the prophet Muhammad (uwbp). Even if one short Sura is read until it is clearly understood, then the fast is fulfilling. ALLAH has said that none shall grasp the Message but men of understanding. The Quran and the Fast and the Ramadan should therefore be the key to our way of life, in perfect submission to the Will of ALLAH.
ALLAH has created the Planet Earth in the shape of a globe that gives this planet the spin that produces continuous night and day, and continuous sunrise and sunset, that result in an unbroken chain of prayer from His worshippers. The merciful provisions that allow for the making up of lost fasts ensure a similar continuity of the fast and of the remembrance of ALLAH and the Guidance that is within the Glorious Quran, without difficulty.
The poor man who fasts throughout the year because of his lack of means, or scarcity of meals, will have the fasts of Ramadan take on a greater measure of meaning to him when he can look forward to a proper meal that comes from the one who can afford it, and this feeling is equally shared by both parties in obedience to the commands of ALLAH for the Mercy of ALLAH.
FASTING REVEALED
What is significant about the month of Ramadan? – It is the month in which the Quran was revealed to prophet Muhammad (uwbp), with the renewal of the fast for Muslims.
In the month of Ramadan is the Quran of more importance than the Fast? – Yes, the Quran is of more importance since it contains the Perfection of Guidance from ALLAH while Fasting is only one of the commands of ALLAH that helps to purify Islam as our way of life and the final way of Life for Muslims.
Will fasting and reading the Quran be sufficient for the faith of the Muslim? – No, one must seek to follow, or intend to follow the commands of ALLAH in the Quran.
According to the Quran, what is the main purpose of the fast to him/her who fasts? – That you may practise the discipline that is required to ward off evil and to be faithful to the commands of ALLAH as set down in the Quran.
What does ALLAH identify as His intentions for him/her who fasts? – ALLAH does not want to put you to difficulties to complete the prescribed period. ALLAH wants that you should glorify Him in that He has guided you. ALLAH wants you to show your gratitude.
Is any Muslim exempt from fasting in the month of Ramadan? – Yes, ALLAH states that he who is sick or he who is on a journey should cease to fast, but that that person’s fast must be made up on other day(s).
Does ALLAH make the fast compulsory for the Muslim who can afford to feed a needy person? – No, the Muslim who can afford to feed a needy person can do so and be exempt from the fast, by the Mercy of ALLAH, but ALLAH still reminds Muslims that it is better if you can do both, that is, feed the needy and fast since Allah can not be bribed but He is them Wisest of Judges.
In what way is the fast similar to prayer? – Prayer and fast ward off evil, must be free from distractions, must not present a risk to health and safety.
Does ALLAH therefore exempt the chronically ill from fasting? – Yes, ALLAH does exempt the chronically ill from fasting as long as the person’s health is put at risk by the fast. One should therefore consult your Doctor about the dangers of the fast for diseases like diabetes and other health conditions.
What does ALLAH command to be your mental approach to the fast? - ALLAH commands that you be thankful that ALLAH has guided you and that you glorify ALLAH for the Guidance.
What is this Guidance that ALLAH wants you to Praise and Glorify ALLAH for in this holy month of Ramadan? – ALLAH wants you to Praise and Glorify ALLAH for the Guidance that is the Quran, this Scripture of Exalted Power, that ALLAH has sent down to Muhammad (uwbp) in the month of Ramadan.
Was fasting prescribed for any people before the Revelation of the Quran? – Yes, and this should remind us that there was Revelation other than the Quran, but that the Quran is the final Revelation, and Muhammad (ubwp) was ALLAH’S last Servant and Messenger.
In what words does ALLAH put the seal on the Quran and the prophet Muhammad (uwbp) and the Religion or Way of Life that is Islam? – ALLAH has placed His Seal on the prophet Muhammad and the Quran in the following words: “This day have I perfected your Religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your Religion.” S. 5:3
2006-10-02 07:09:00 · answer #10 · answered by mythkiller-zuba 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋