Who is celebrating diwali?? I am celebrating diwali. What language do you speak??? Can I ask a question to the others? How is eid celebrated? What is the reason for fasting? Please don't mistake me. I just asked you because I just wanted to know 'why?'.
2006-10-20 18:29:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Yes, I am a Muslim, and I'll be celebrating Eid in a few days! Here's why Muslims fast during the holy month of Ramadhan:
1. Fasting is a means that makes us appreciate and give thanks for pleasures. For fasting means giving up eating, drinking and intercourse, which are among the greatest pleasures. By giving them up for a short time, we begin to appreciate their value. Because the blessings of Allah are not recognized, but when you abstain from them, you begin to recognize them, so this motivates you to be grateful for them.
2. Fasting is a means of giving up ***** things, because if a person can give up halal things in order to please Allaah and for fear of His painful torment, then he will be more likely to refrain from ***** things. So fasting is a means of avoiding the things that Allah has forbidden.
3. Fasting enables us to control our desires, because when a person is full his desires grow, but if he is hungry then his desire becomes weak. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "O young men! Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and protecting one’s chastity. Whoever cannot do that, let him fast, for it will be a shield for him."
4. Fasting makes us feel compassion and empathy towards the poor, because when the fasting person tastes the pain of hunger for a while, he remembers those who are in this situation all the time, so he will hasten to do acts of kindness to them and show compassion towards them. So fasting is a means of feeling empathy with the poor.
5. Fasting humiliates and weakens the Shaytaan; it weakens the effects of his whispers (waswaas) on a person and reduces his sins. That is because the Shaytaan "flows through the son of Adam like blood" as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, but fasting narrows the passages through which the Shaytaan flows, so his influence grows less.
Shaykh al-Islam said in Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 25/246
Undoubtedly blood is created from food and drink, so when a person eats and drinks, the passages through which the devils flow – which is the blood – become wide. But if a person fasts, the passages through which the devils flow become narrow, so hearts are motivated to do good deeds, and to give up evil deeds.
6. The fasting person is training himself to remember that Allaah is always watching, so he gives up the things that he desires even though he is able to take them, because he knows that Allaah can see him.
7. Fasting means developing an attitude of asceticism towards this world and its desires, and seeking that which is with Allaah.
8. It makes the Muslim get used to doing a great deal of acts of worship, because the fasting person usually does more acts of worship and gets used to that.
2006-10-20 18:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by xxon_23 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is a duty to God to be fulfilled by His people. One of the best ways to describe what to fast is to basically share the feeling of not having enough to eat, as poors do, and if there is a reason for not fasting, Muslims are suppossed to feed one poor person for that day. Eid is celebrated by Muslims (I don't know how familiar you are) and this year it will be on the 24 of October (InshAllah). To those fasting this year, hope God will accept it, and Eid Mubarak!
2006-10-20 18:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by saying_that 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good ! as per our Taqleed 1. Eat good food 2. Wear good clean dress 3. Pray 2 rakat namaz-e-Shukran 4. If possible give sadqa to poor or orphans. edited:- Hope:- Eid = Day of Celebration ( eg: Eid-ul-Fitr , Eid-ul-Zuha same like Eid-Miladun Nabi and Same way Eid-e-Ghadeer )
2016-05-22 07:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am celebrating Eid. One whole month of no bars open during Ramadan, ends tomorrow.
2006-10-20 18:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not celebrating Diwali just lightened the candles---what I like the most.And I am not fasting --as I am not Muslim.But fasting has obviously have good reasons .
2006-10-20 18:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by Mehbooba 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
'Eid Ul Fitr' is celebrated by Moslems around the world and it is celebrated by wearing good clothes, eating delicacies, meeting, sharing and wishing neighbours, family, friends, relatives, colleagues etc.
Why Fasting ??? -
Fasting is generally understood to mean abstaining from food or the practice of going without food or drink. People of every community fast for one reason or another – as a religious duty, as a sign of mourning, a hunger strike for socio-political reasons or for health reasons probably to put off weight. Religiously it is seen as an act of self-discipline that increases spiritual awareness by weakening dependence on the material world. Recent advances in medical technology have found that short periods of fasting releases hormones beneficial for the body.
In Islam, fasting is not just abstinence from the food and water. But, also to abstain from such things, which otherwise normally is allowed, from dawn to dusk. The Arabic word for fasting is “Al-Siyam” which literally means, “to abstain from something.” So if Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, it means to abstain from food, drink, marital relations, and so on, solely for the sake of Allah, with clear intention. And that is what Allah says in the Holy Qur’an, Chapter 2: Verse 183, “O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, in order that you may gain ‘Taqwa’ [(fear of God or God-Consciousness) and ‘that you may (learn) self-restraint’]....” Fasting helps us to understand the pangs of hunger and thirst that the beggars and the needy usually experience, not just one month, but almost everyday, except occasionally some how they manage to get for a day or two, a proper meal, albeit of lower quality, three times a day. By this process, we are impelled to thank Allah for His bounties He Provides us everyday – the very basic amenity, the food more than three times a day by way of breakfast, beverage, lunch, snacks and supper – rather than not thank Him and proceed on our daily chores or to take a short nap after heavy mouth-watering meals.
Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam; it is a period of self-purification, physically and spiritually. It can rightfully be called as a month of ‘filter’ that holds back bad deeds and lets good deeds pass. The month of Ramadhan is that period, associated with fasting and prayers, that tends to make people pass through the filter, to be cleansed off their sins, and flow towards the spiritual self. That is, to gain modesty, generosity, pity, nobility and increase in good manners, good words, good needs, good thought, good talk, and actually to add extra bricks, to the house called, ‘The good deed.’
There is a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) reported by Abu Sa’id al-Khudri saying that “Whoever fasts in the month of Ramadhan, obeying all its limitations, and guarding himself against what is forbidden, has in fact, atoned for any sins he committed before it.” And another hadith reported by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadhan with faith and seeks Allah’s pleasure and reward will have his previous sins forgiven.”
May Allah help us live every moment of our life as we would in the month of Ramadhan, Ameen.
2006-10-20 20:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Z 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am celebrating diwali.
i speak hindi and english.
2006-10-20 20:51:37 · answer #7 · answered by suvs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋