Philosophy of Fasting

Society Religion & Philosophy
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Let’s start collecting pointers on the philosophy of fasting.

I will start with a simple one:

  • discipline
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To feel the plight of the poor.

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  • and the hungry
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Fasting awakens the heart, enlightens the spirit and prepares the mind and soul to receive the word of Allah.

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should have been the first:

  • brings taqwa in heart
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We learn self control I guess! I think kind of jehad bin nafs

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Yes. And that we learn by staying away from otherwise halaal things. It makes you capable of easily stay away from haram too.

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To develop and strengthen our powers of self-control, so that we can resist wrongful desires and bad habits and therefore guard against evil

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-self discipline

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do you consider any difference in just discipline and self-discipline? Asking this because discipline was mentioned in the first post.

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Aside from other benefits, chance to lose weight and not spend money on,
-how to lose weight books,
-going to Gym,
-buying weird machines and diet pills, wasting energy 'in air' by Taekwondo etc.?

:)

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Firstly, i didn't read the entire fist post...sholly!

yes, i do see a difference...as far as i understand it, 'self-discipline' is self induced [without any external forces/reasons] while plain discipline CAN come from external forces/reasons such as routine, laws, protocols etc.

do i make any sense? :(

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so what lessons do you guys learn at the end and what changes do you make in your life styles :)

im sure the grand iftaris definitlyyyy help us feel the plight of the poor.

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every one understands at the end of the day that food is a blessing....

And the person realize that having food to eat is one of accomplishments in this world........

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we dont need to starve every day for 30 days, just to learn this one lesson. :confused:

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don’t forget to give your blunt message to Allah when you meet Him after your death!

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So you can learn or experience anything in ONE day?

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Patience and self control.

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  • The rewards are tremendous. Any obligatory act gets 70 times more reward than what you get in normal days. Non-obligatory (sunnah and nawafil) acts get rewards equal to an obligatory one. Some scholars say that mention of 70 times is just an example. The actual rewards that Allah will give from His own can not be even counted.
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Philosophy of Fasting:

1- Refrain from eating and drinking in a specific time and just wait when is iftar time
2- Refrain from eating and drinking in a specific time and reading Holy Qur'an & Farz prayers
3- Refrain from eating and drinking in a specific time and do zikar-e-illahi till iftari
4- Refrain from eating and drinking in a specific time and always invite others at sehri and iftari
5- Refrain from eating and drinking in a specific time and do charity
6- Refrain from eating and drinking in a spefici time and hold Majalis about virtue of Fastings

++ many more.