THE FAST.....The Ramadan
Allaah Almighty says:
O believers! Fastings have been made obligatory upon you as were made before you, so that you may become pious." (Quraan)
Thus the fastings were obligatory on Muslims and it became the third pillar of Islam.
Hazrat Abu Huraira (radi Allahu anhu) said that our Prophet
(Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam)
said that he who keeps fast with belief and hope of getting blessings then his forthcoming sins will be forgiven and he who believes and prays in the nights of Ramadaan with the intention of getting blessings then his forthcoming sins will be forgiven and he who believes and prays with the intention of getting blessings in the night of Qadr, his forthcoming sins will be forgiven.
Every year in the month of Ramadaan, all Muslims fast from first light of dawn until sundown, abstaining from food, drink. Those, who are sick, elderly, or on a journey, and women, who are pregnant or nursing, are permitted to break the fast and make up an equal number of days later in the year. If they are physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day missed. Although the fast is most beneficial to the health, it is regarded principally as a method of self purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those, who go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life.
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