I know a NINE YEAR OLD boy who fasted all 30 days of Ramadan. How can Islam permit this? Is this child abuse?

Question

I know the age every male Muslim has to fast is 15 years and 8 months. But it is extra good if they do it before the age. Now this 9 year old kid (who lives in Canada and is born to a Pakistani family) fasts all of Ramadan.

This child is growing. It is extremely detemental to his health. How can Muslims hurt children like that. Should I call the police? This is outrageous.

This is why I hate ISLAMMMM.

Yes. I was born & raised in a Muslim country where they would whip you if you ate in public. So I know what I'm talking about.

Answer 1

I agree with you. I asked a muslim friend and he said it was entirely voluntary. The child wanted to do it. I dont think a 9 year old should be allowed to make those decisions on his own.

Answer 2

It's not that big of a deal. It's only hair and it's not your child. Hurray for you for having good kids, but an "nicely groomed" hair style doesnt define what kind of parent you are or how well your kids turn out. Ive seen well groomed kids that were the worst behaved kids Ive ever been around. And Ive also seen elemetary school kids with mohawks and such that you could take to a Ruth Chris or Mortons and have no worries.

Answer 3

lets see, how many wrong statements can I see.

1 - children are NOT required to fast, but they may do so if they choose - he chose to fast

2 - fasting is only during the day - after the sun goes down EVERYBODY eats - so he would NOT have gone hungry.

3 - You're probably just upset because he didnt bring a packed lunch to school.

4 - But he would have had a good breakfast before sun-up and a good dinner after sundown.

You have NO reason to complain and your comments are just plain wrong because you obviously do NOT check your FACTS!!!

Answer 4

you cant understand mr this is the matter of spritulaity see and try to understand that what force he has that he fast in age of nine he is very young in pakistan 6 year old child fast full day but not forcefully if he can bear or he/she has no problem we dont force to child to keep fast in whol day but it good if he bear full day so dont judge it on your dirty mental level this kind of tolerance our religion teach you live for food but we eat food for live this is the diffrence you and we

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Yeah sure, call the police. Maybe when they arrive they'll explain to you the difference between 'fasting' and 'starving'.

Answer 7

First off a muslims idea of fasting is this. They eat like pigs before sunrise and after sunset. They just do not eat when the sun is up. In other words it is a farse fast. And does nothing what so ever for them, they do this to look like they are fasting. In fact that are not fasting at all. They are putting on another pretty show so they can look holy to man.

Answer 8

There are many adverse effects of total fasting as well as so-called crash diets. Islamic fasting is different from such diet plans because in Ramadan fasting, there is no malnutrition or inadequate calorie intake. The caloric intake of Muslims during Ramadan is at or slightly below the national requirement guidelines. In addition, the fasting in Ramadan is voluntarily taken and is not a prescribed imposition from the physician.

Ramadan is a month of self-regulation and self-training, with the hope that this training will last beyond the end of Ramadan. If the lessons learned during Ramadan, whether in terms of dietary intake or righteousness, are carried on after Ramadan, it is beneficial for one's entire life. Moreover, the type of food taken during Ramadan does not have any selective criteria of crash diets such as those which are protein only or fruit only type diets. Everything that is permissible is taken in moderate quantities.

The only difference between Ramadan and total fasting is the timing of the food; during Ramadan, we basically miss lunch and take an early breakfast and do not eat until dusk. Abstinence from water during this period is not bad at all and in fact, it causes concentration of all fluids within the body, producing slight dehydration. The body has its own water conservation mechanism; in fact, it has been shown that slight dehydration and water conservation, at least in plant life, improve their longevity.

The physiological effect of fasting includes lower of blood sugar, lowering of cholesterol and lowering of the systolic blood pressure. In fact, Ramadan fasting would be an ideal recommendation for treatment of mild to moderate, stable, non-insulin diabetes, obesity and essential hypertension. In 1994 the first International Congress on "Health and Ramadan", held in Casablanca, entered 50 research papers from all over the world, from Muslim and non-Muslim researchers who have done extensive studies on the medical ethics of fasting. While improvement in many medical conditions was noted; however, in no way did fasting worsen any patients' health or baseline medical condition. On the other hand, patients who are suffering from severe diseases, whether diabetes or coronary artery disease, kidney stones, etc., are exempt from fasting and should not try to fast.

There are psychological effects of fasting as well. There is a peace and tranquility for those who fast during the month of Ramadan. Personal hostility is at a minimum, and the crime rate decreases. Muslims take advice from the Prophet who said, "If one slanders you or aggresses against you, say I am fasting.'" This psychological improvement could be related to better stabilization of blood glucose during fasting as hypoglycemia after eating, aggravates behavior changes.

Use ur brains its not CHILD ABUSING my frnds have been fasitng since the age of SEVEN! n they do it voluntarily.plz dun gve da lame excuse tht the family forces them or sumthin.use ur logic n knw da diff bet FASTING 4 A FIXED PERIOD OF TIME AND EATING NOTHIN AT ALL!

Answer 9

Don't be stupid, do you even know what Muslims do when they fast?

Answer 10

you are meant to eat after (or maybe its b4) sundown. so its not like you eat NOTHING.

what about the grossly obese christian kids who eat nothing but takeaway foods because their fat, white, trash parents are too slack to feed them.
now thats child abuse!
wait am i generalising? i guess you were too...