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Fasting during the month of Ramadan trains us to control our
unbridled appetites so that we can present ourselves to Allah as
obedient, clean and upright people. Fasting did not begin with
Prophet Muhammad B. It was practiced by Jesus, Moses and the
rest of Allah's Prophets. Ramadan, which lasts for twenty-nine or
thirty days,218 is a month for purifying the human biological and
spiritual appetites. Just as the Holy Qur'an represents a purifica-
tion of the scriptures, the Ramadan fast represents the require-
ments necessary in our private lives for maintaining a stable and
decent society.
Allah, The Most High, told Prophet Muhammad $?., "Every act
of the son of Adam is for himself except fasting. It is surely for Me,
and 1 will give a reward for it. Fasting is a shield. When any one of
you is fasting on a day, he should neither indulge in obscene
language, nor raise his voice. If anyone reviles him or tries to quar-
rel with him, he should say, 'I am a person who is fasting.' By Him
in Whose Hand is the life of Prophet Muhammad 0%, the breath of
the observer of fast is sweeter to Allah on the Day of Judgment
unbridled appetites so that we can present ourselves to Allah as
obedient, clean and upright people. Fasting did not begin with
Prophet Muhammad B. It was practiced by Jesus, Moses and the
rest of Allah's Prophets. Ramadan, which lasts for twenty-nine or
thirty days,218 is a month for purifying the human biological and
spiritual appetites. Just as the Holy Qur'an represents a purifica-
tion of the scriptures, the Ramadan fast represents the require-
ments necessary in our private lives for maintaining a stable and
decent society.
Allah, The Most High, told Prophet Muhammad $?., "Every act
of the son of Adam is for himself except fasting. It is surely for Me,
and 1 will give a reward for it. Fasting is a shield. When any one of
you is fasting on a day, he should neither indulge in obscene
language, nor raise his voice. If anyone reviles him or tries to quar-
rel with him, he should say, 'I am a person who is fasting.' By Him
in Whose Hand is the life of Prophet Muhammad 0%, the breath of
the observer of fast is sweeter to Allah on the Day of Judgment