Benefits of fasting?

Question

Self-discipline, self-control.

Answer 1

Greet you in the same manner as Jesus (pbuh) greeted in Hebrew Luke 24:36
‘Sholam alay kum’
or Islamic greeting in Arabic Assalaamu alai kum
both meaning ‘Peace be on you’.


one lunar month i.e. during the month of Ramadaan every lunar year, Muslims fast, i.e. abstain from food and drinks from sunrise till sunset.

Benefits: learn self restraint. If you can control your hunger you can control almost all your desires. It enhances spiritual awareness.
Al-Qur'an 2:183

Medical Benefits:

(a)
Increases absorption capacity of intestines

(b)
Lowers cholestrol.

D.
Discourages smoking, alcoholism and other addictions.

Peace!

Answer 2

If you're talking about Islamically, ie during the month of Ramadan then fasting has many benefits for us. It helps us to gain self-control not only to avoid eating, but also swearing, acting violently towards people, backbiting and many more things. Many people do not have the food we are lucky enough to afford. We fast because although we can see the food before our eyes, we must not eat it, much like poor people who see food, but can not afford it.
I've also noticed that when I fast, I appreciate food MUCH more then usual. When you think about it, we don't realise how lucky we are to get everything that we do. When I fast food tastes much more delicious obviously because you;re hungry and you appreciate food more. Ramadhan is a wonderful opportunity for accounting of one's sins and making repentance.

Answer 3

Helps discipline the body and mind to healthier eating habits. Good for losing weight and helping concentration.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I'm a born again christian and use fasting and when i skip meals i use the time to pray and reflect on all we have it takes discipline and a love for god.

Answer 6

Fasting is taking the time you would normally use to eat and spending that time praying and studying about God. Some benefits: you understand a little more about God and you have a better relationship with God.

Answer 7

Acoording to Islam......

Spiritual and Moral Benefits:

1. It brings a fasting man/woman closer God (Allah)

2. One develops a sense of love for the Holy Quran, as this month brings along with it an opportunity towards a special dedication, and also a love towards its recitation, understanding an remembrance.

3. Lailat-ul-Qadr (i.e., the Night of Majesty) falls in this month, and provides an opportunity for acceptance of prayer.

4. I'tikaf, i.e., staying in the mosque for the last ten days of this month (Ramazan), is observed, and in doing so one gets a better concentration and more time towards praying, reciting the Holy Quran and undergoing other religious activities.

5. Punctuality in the five obligatory prayers helps one develop a habit of offering one's prayers regularly and punctually.

6. The Tahajjud prayer is more widely observed. The faithful leave their warm beds in search of the Bliss of Allah.

7. The Tarawih prayer is an event that allows faithful to hear the Holy Quran from beginning to end.

8. The fasting Muslim learns to obey every command of Allah, the "Supreme Commander", both publicly and privately.

9. One refrains from evil deeds while one is fasting.

10. One is prepared for radical changes in one's life, as the advent of this month brings similar changes to one's daily schedule.

11. One develops a sense of unity and brotherhood with fellow Muslims all over the world by sharing the same spiritual experience (i.e., of fasting).

12. One obeys the saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, by following his advice to refrain from harming one's fellow Muslims, physically and/or verbally.

13. Equality and uniformity is observed, as both black and white, wealthy and poor, master and servant, act according to the will of Allah.

14. The wealthy realise the essence of the word hunger, and thus become more dutiful towards the rights of the poor, the orphans, the widows and the needy. Thus one is more mindful towards the giving of charity and bringing about other pious deeds that can alleviate the miseries of the poor.

15. It develops the habit of eating moderately and avoiding wastage of food.

16. Allah forgives the previous sins of the fasting men and women when they seek His forgiveness.

17. Owing to a fasting person's pious acts, fellow-people love him and thus the foundation of a solid and healthy brotherhood is laid down.


The Physical Benefits:

1. It is easier to undergo physical labour.

2. Animal instincts and lower passions are conquered.

3. Body organs benefit from the lesser workload, and some of the injurious substances are eliminated from the body.

4. Laziness is warded off, and one becomes active.

5. One is prepared to face any future hardships and adverse conditions.

6. Physical and mental endurance is increased.

7. One achieves spiritual, bodily and mental gratification on completing one's fasts.

8. After a month-long devotion towards fasting, and accomplishment of acts of piety, one feels real delight when one celebrates the well-deserved Id-ul-Fitr.

Answer 8

The only beneift I can see is if you are dieting.....you can get self discipline without starving yourself.

Answer 9

Gives the stomach a rest, since some tend to stuff it even when they are not hungry. If it hurts the human body, God would not have made it obligatory (if you are in sound health) in many religions.

Answer 10

You will get so hungry that you may hallucinate that God is telling you to run for congress. And you will. (Happened in Minnesota)