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  • Rodolfo Sagum July 8, 2010 19:33
    The holy month of Ramadhan is coming, and may the mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala be with us always specially during this holy month of fasting. Fasting is to purify our souls. To gain a good health and cleansing our body and mind. Fasting is for Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala. I pray to Allah the most gracious most merciful that He may shower His mercy to all my brothers and sisters Muslimin wal Muslimah.

    Panggih Amiyoso said:
    Hello all, Blanca, Aisya and Susilowati,

    tks for joining in this discussion. Pls for you all readers can add your useful comments, your writing will be so important for us.
    have a nice day...pls write more about fasting....
  • Panggih Amiyoso July 8, 2010 16:08
    Hello all, Blanca, Aisya and Susilowati,

    tks for joining in this discussion. Pls for you all readers can add your useful comments, your writing will be so important for us.
    have a nice day...pls write more about fasting....
  • Blanca B June 27, 2010 2:49
    The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Koran was sent .
    There are reasons for fasting
    1. That fasting is one of the five pillars and therefore An obligatory duty and act of worship.
    2. Fasting is the cleansing of the soul and the strengthening of the faith through increased worship .
    3. That it benefits the health by cleaning the system of the bodyDoctors agree that fasting everyone in a while is healthy.
  • susilowati June 26, 2010 15:52
    i won't answer because Ibrahim Ali Abu dayyah answered it. and the next august (2010) will be the holy ramadhan when we will do this one of 5 pillars in islam. and i'm sure we will have precious time and chance that we will never let it go.
  • Panggih Amiyoso March 30, 2010 16:36
    hello salma and ibrahim,
    thanks for your answering. Everybody can add more explaination regarding fasting day, rule from the holy book "quran" also from the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW). Also we can compare with other religion, maybe there is connection.
  • Ibrahim Ali Abu dayyah March 13, 2010 20:14
    Fasting has its advantages from the point of view of health and hygiene. Islam wants a Muslim to be healthy, clean, alert, agile and energetic. "Fast to be healthy," had said the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.). And physicians today acknowledge the many benefits of fasting that ensure health and the soundness of one's body and mind. Some of these positive points have a direct influence on psychology and physique of the fasting individual.

    Fasting has been found to be an effective treatment for psychological and emotional disorders. It helps a person to firm up his will, cultivate and refine his taste and manners, strengthen his conviction of doing good, avoid controversy, petulance and rashness, which all contribute towards a sane and healthy personality. Besides nurturing resistance and ability to face hardships and endurance, fasting reflects on outward physical appearance by cutting out gluttony and getting rid of excess fat. The benefits of fasting on health do not stop there but are instrumental in alleviating a number of physical diseases, including those of the digestive systems, such as chronic stomachache, inflammation of the colon, liver diseases, indigestion, and conditions such as obesity, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, asthma, diphtheria and many other maladies.

    A Swiss physician Dr. Barsilus noted that: The advantages of hunger as a remedy exceed those ingesting medicine several times.

    As readers are well aware, several physicians advise patients to skip meals, sometimes for a few days, before prescribing them a controlled diet.

    Generally speaking, fasting hastens the destruction of the decaying tissues of the body by means of hunger, and then builds new tissues through nutrition. This is why some scientists suggest that fasting should be regarded as an effective means of restoring youthfulness and longevity. However, Islam exempts from fasting sick and old people whose health is bound to deter.

    But fasting should have its regulations too, and not simply the in orderly skipping meals, that is bound to harm health and stamina, rather than improving them. Here again Islam provides the answer, and in order to realize the benefits of fasting, it recommends the late midnight meals called Sahar (before the formal start of a fast) and the breaking of the fast at the time prescribed. Of course, to ensure good health one should abstain from gluttony after breaking fast.
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