Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan?

Answer 1

Answer 1Throughout Ramadan, most Muslims will not drink or eat anything between dawn and sunset. They believe fasting is a way to show that god is more important than one's own body. They follow the Qur'an based on that they will do what is in that holy book. Such as fasting as written above. refer to link below.

Answer 2

If 'fasting' means to reduce the consumption of food and drink, then Muslims don't truly fast during Ramadan. They simply don't eat and drink during the hours of daylight. Immediately after sunset (iftar), they eat enormous amounts of food to compensate, and this continues well into the evening and early morning, as they visit friends and relatives. They also have large breakfasts before dawn, to see them through the day. Many muslims actually put on weight during Ramadan. Any 'self restraint' shown during daylight hours is completely abandoned once the sun has set!

Furthermore, to help Muslims 'get through' the day (which is relatively-short in Muslim countries, as most lie close to the equator), the length of the working day is reduced throughout that month and, in Gulf countries at least, no expatriates are allowed to eat or drink in public to remove any temptation!

Answer 3Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic Lunar Calendar. Muslims are required during this month to:

• abstain from all food, drink, use of tobacco, and conjugal/sexual relations from dawn till sunset. This the physical component of the fast;
• refrain from gossiping, lying, slandering and all traits of bad character. This is the spiritual aspects of the fast.
• encourage Muslims to practice prayer, recitation of the Qur'an, doing Zikr, endurance and self-discipline.

Ramadan is the month of training - training the soul and body- to be able to exercise self-restraint. The fasting Muslim is continuously tied with rules and regulations for an entire month and then released for 11 months to see whether the training has been adequate and effective. During this month the personality of a Muslim develops so that during the rest of the year, the trained Muslim does not commit wrong under unrestricted conditions. Ramadan is a month to purify ourselves. Fasting helps to overcome bad habits either gradually for some of us or immediately for those with a stronger will power.

Qur'an instructs (meaning English translation): "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, so that you attain taqwa (self-restraint)" (chapter 2, verse 183). Quran also says: "Ramadan is the month in which we sent down the Holy Quran, as a guide to mankind, also clear Signs for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)."(chapter 2, verse 185)

Fasting in Ramadan means forbidding yourself from eating, drinking, smoking, doing sex from dawn (around 1 1/2 hour before sunrise) until sunset. Out of this period you can do all what you doing in normal days and normal lives (except of course what is not allowed by religion as gambling, drinking Alcohol, prostitution, etc...)

Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan to gain the following benefits:

• Showing obedience to ALLAH (God) commanded us to fast the whole month of Ramadan.

• Gaining spiritual self purification and full submission to ALLAH (God).

• Gaining motivation not to approach what is prohibited to be done by religion. If you are used, during fasting, to forbid yourself from eating food, drinking, doing sex with your partner of marriage (things that are allowed out of fasting) then you will be used to forbid yourself from doing what is prohibited to be done as drinking Alcohol, gambling, prostitution, cheating, etc...

• Getting closer feeling with the poor suffering and you will be more tending to give donations and charities to those who are in need.

• Getting closer to relatives through mutual invitations and contacts.

Answer 2

It is because the Muslims believe that by cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, that person can gain true sympathy with those who are hungry and grow spiritually.

Answer 3

According to the text, why do people fast during Ramadan?