2007-09-13 04:31:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why don't you ask this question to a Muslim ? or better why don't you try and see for yourself? This is our first day fasting , day 1 Ramadan , now it is about 30 minutes to Eftar and I feel great. I am hungry that's true , but this only lasts for the 1st 2 days and then we get used to it. Your spiritual status is great during the whole day , you feel the very same way the poor and needy feels which pushes you to help them . We give out food for the poor everyday , all of us are doing the same thing at the same time , eating at the very same moment , praying at the very same moment . We feel that we are all one . You can't say anything bad while you are fasting or do anything bad or else your fasting will not be accepted . You pray , read in the holy Koran , help others , work , say Azkar( sort of prayers) , how can this be in vein ?
2007-09-13 04:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by Violet 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist, married to a Muslim, and with Muslim kids.
My husband and the two older kids are fasting.
I try not to eat in front of them, and help to prepare iftar (the meal with which they break their fasts).
I think it's good for them. It takes a lot of discipline, and they all lose weight, every year, during Ramadan. They have some extra weight to lose, they're not starting out overly thin from the beginning, and won't be when it's over.
I would consider fasting, too, but I can't because I'm diabetic and just can't go 14 hours without eating. Islam forbids fasting for people whom would be adversely affected by it (sick, diabetic, etc.).
2007-09-13 04:47:40 · answer #2 · answered by §αғịỳỳẩ² Ẫ†нэậ†ị 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fasting is a way to connect to one's faith. Growing in faith for everyone is a worthy thing.
Prayers, sawm (fasting), charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time.
May all reach a higher level of understanding during this time of reflection.
Al-Hamdulillah, praise and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and on his Family,
Companions and his Followers, inwardly and outwardly.
2007-09-13 04:57:01 · answer #3 · answered by guppy137 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims aren't the only ones who fast, jews fast as well and I'm sure there are others. Why should anyone have a feeling about it? Many people fast for health reasons. It doesn't affect anyone else so why would anyone mind?
2007-09-13 04:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
From what my parents who lived in Cairo told me, they don't fast so much as party. The whole month most people spent the whole night gorging themselves at ramadan parties, then "fasted" during until the next party.
2007-09-13 04:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian, and I would say that it is certainly a geniune good thing to fast. Fasting helps bring an individual closer to God. Even though Muslims do not understand God correctly, that does not negate the value of the practice of fasting.
2007-09-13 04:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Zindo 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think it's part of their religious beliefs, and therefore I don't have an opinion one way or the other.
If that is what they choose to do to show their faith and worship why should anyone else care?
2007-09-13 04:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by All I Hear Is Blah Blah Blah... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't care as long as they don't tell me I need to fast.
2007-09-13 04:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i really dont care
ima gunna eat
2007-09-13 06:34:03 · answer #9 · answered by slopoke6968 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no concern either way .
2007-09-13 04:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by James M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋