Ammon – fasting
Fasting is defined idiomatically as abstaining from everything that breaks the fast for a certain period of the day, from the time of dawn until sunset, and it is required in fasting that the intention precedes it, as fasting is not accepted without the intention.
As for fasting Ramadan, it is the fourth pillar of Islam, which has been imposed on Muslims. He pronounced the two testimonies in order to enter Islam, and he must pray because it is obligatory and nothing prevents it.
As for zakat, it is obligatory upon him when his money reaches the quorum. As for the fourth pillar, it is obligatory and obligatory by the consensus of all imams. This pillar is fasting that makes a Muslim feel for his poor and needy Muslim brother. Here in this article we will show the social benefits of fasting.
The rule of fasting
There are several types of fasting, namely:
Supererogatory fasting, which is a Sunnah in which the adherent is rewarded and the one who abandons it is not sinful, such as fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, fasting the first days of Shawwal, and many others.
Fasting to fulfill a vow, which is an obligation to fulfill a vow that a person takes upon himself.
Fasting Ramadan, which is the fourth pillar of Islam, and it is obligatory and obligatory for every Muslim man and woman who has reached the age of majority and is of sound mind. He has, then the Muslim comes out as an expiation for not fasting, which is feeding the poor, so every day he breaks his fast, he comes out as much as a meal for one of the poor.
Evidence for the legitimacy of fasting
The Almighty said: (O you who have believed, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous.) [البقرة:183].
قال تعالى:(شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآَنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ) [البقرة:185].
Social benefits of fasting
the system:
In normal days, food and drink are available to people at all times, but in the month of Ramadan, eating and drinking is regular in all parts of the earth, so no one eats or drinks before the Maghrib call to prayer, as everyone abstains from everything that breaks the fast from dawn to sunset, no matter what. The weather was hot, and here the strength of religion appears in the Muslim, so he overcomes thirst and hunger, and waits for the end of the day and hears the call to prayer from all the minarets, to start breaking the fast.
Equality and feeling for others:
Fasting is equal between the rich and the poor in abstaining from food and drink from the time of dawn until the time of sunset.
When the rich abstain from food and drink for this long time of the day, he will inevitably feel the suffering of the poor who cannot always find food, and in this way the rich will help the poor and help him with the burdens of life, and there will be a new distribution of money; Because Ramadan includes alms, zakat, and many gifts, and this helps the poor and slightly raises their standard of living.
Uniting individuals and resolving disputes:
Fasting brings all members of the family together for breakfast, unlike the other days when each of them eats separately. Muslims every day after dinner to perform Tarawih prayers, so they stand in one line, shoulder to shoulder, and if there is a quarrel between two people, it will gradually disappear as a result of seeing each other every day and performing prayers together and in the same row, and thus Ramadan is the only one that brings the family together and unites them, and urges them to cooperate.
