Allah said:
“Oh, you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous”. Surah Al_Baqara ……. “183”.
So, fasting is a means of attaining piety, but worshipping All God and unifying it as means to reach piety.
Allah said:
“Oh, mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous”. Surah Al_Baqara…… “21”.
Piety of supplies “There is no god but Allah”.
Al-Hafiz Abn Rajab said:
“And the origin of piety is to make the servant between him self and what he fears and warn him to protect him from it. So, the piety of the servant for his lord to make god between himself and what he fears from his Lord, from his anger, indignation and punishment, he is protected from that, and he has done his obedience and avoided his sins”.
So, how do we fear Allah almighty?
The way to piety. Is:
*The love of Allah almighty overcomes the heart of the servant, let her beloved and sacrifice for her sake with all desired.
*To feel in your heart the watch of Allah Almighty and to be ashamed of the right of modesty.
*To know what is for guilts and sins of evil and pain.
*To learn how to overcome your desire and obey your god.
*To study the machinations and traps of Satan and to beware of his obsessions and intrigues.
The book of: piety……… / page: “9”.
So, the purpose of fasting is piety and not only to refrain from food, drink and lust, but God goes about fasting from this sect.
*As the messenger of god “peace be upon him” said:
“Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink “i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting”.”
Hadith El_Bukhari / “30” the book of: fasting / “8” chapter: Whoever does not give up lying speech……. / hadith number: “1903” / page: “215”.
*About abo Hurairah “god bless him” said: the messenger of god “peace be upon him”:
“It's not fasting from eating and drinking, so any one talk bad with you, or ignorance of you, so you should tell him “I am fasting” “I am fasting”.
Narrated by Abn Khazaima, Abn Habban and el_hakm and corrected by El_sheikh al_albani “May God rest his soul” in the true desire and intimidation / “9” the book of: fast / “20” intimidation of the fasting person of the defamation and…… / hadith number: “1068” / page: “524”.
*About abo Hurairah “god bless him” said: the messenger of god “peace be upon him”:
“There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night”.
Narrated by Abn Majah and the pronunciation is his, and al_nasai, and Abn Khazaima, and el_hakm and corrected by El_sheikh al_albani “May God rest his soul” in the true desire and intimidation / “9” the book of: fast / “20” intimidation of the fasting person of the defamation and…… / hadith number: “1069” / page: “525”.
So, we should be remembered that the purpose and goals of our fast is:
piety, zakaah of soul and purification, and to stay away from guilts and sins.
*Fasting itself is one of the greatest things that prevents the committing of taboos and repels their position.
*About Muath Abn Jabal “god bless him” that the prophet “peace be upon him” said:
“Shall I not guide you to the doors of good? I said: yes, oh messenger of Allah! he said: Fasting is a shield, and charity extinguishes sins like water extinguishes fire”.
Narrated by Al_Tarmazi in his Sunnan and corrected by El_sheikh al_albani “May God rest his soul” in the true desire and intimidation / “9” the book of: fast / “2” chapter: the encouragement to fast of Ramadan / hadith number: “968” / page: “483”.
A shield is:
All what's covered, and he named the gin to get them out of the eyes, but fasting was a shield because it caught the lusts, and fire is fraught with lusts as in the correct hadith:
“The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations”.
Hadith Muslim.
*……… Abn al-Ether said in the end:
What it means to be a shield?
Is protects his owner from lust.
The reward is great.
So, the two sheikhs narrated about abo Hurairah “god bless him” said: the messenger of god “peace be upon him” said:
“Fasting is a shield “or a screen or a shelter”. So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, 'I am fasting." The Prophet “peace be upon him” added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. “Allah says about the fasting person”, “He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake”. The fast is for Me. So, I will reward “the fasting person” for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times”.
Hadith El_Bukhari. Muton / “30” the book of: fasting / “2” chapter: the virtue fasting / hadith number: “1894” / page: “214”.
Allah Almighty says: “The fast is for Me. So, I will reward “the fasting person” for it”!It shows the greatness of giving, it's generous, if he says: I give it to him myself, he shows the greatness of the gift.
Fasting is a tame for the soul.
*And to get used to her to be a critic of Allah Almighty and his Messenger “peace be upon him” to fast for eating, drinking and having marriage at a certain time, and he gets used to it by preventing himself from forbidden desires at all times, because himself became obedient to him, and because Satan is more capable of animal sensuality, if she is cut off from her desires, the devil's sewers and entrances to the soul are narrowed.
And it’s came in the correct hadith:
“Satan runs in the body of Adam's son as his blood circulates in it”.The hadith.
Hadith El_Bukhari. Muton / “93” the book of: Judgments / “21” chapter: If a judge has to witness in favor of a litigant / hadith number: “7171” / page: “834”.
Fasting preemption it’s owner.
For hadith Abd Allah Abn Amr “god bless them” that the messenger of god “peace be upon him” said:
“fasting is a shield and a fortress fort of fire, fasting and the Qur'an are healed for the servant on the Day of Resurrection, fasting says: oh, god I prevented him from food and lust so he saw me in it, The Qur'an says: I stopped him sleeping at night and he saw me in it, he said: so, they intercede”.
Narrated by Al_imam Ahmed and corrected by El_sheikh al_albani “May God rest his soul” in the true desire and intimidation / “9” the book of: fast / “1” chapter: the encouragement to fast at all/ hadith number: “969” / page: “483”.
Atonement of sins.
Ramadan fasting atonement of sins, about abo Hurairah “god bless him”, about the prophet “peace be upon him” said:
“The five “daily” prayers and from one Friday prayer to the “next” Friday prayer, and from Ramadhan to Ramadhan are expiations for the “sins” committed in between “their intervals” provided one shuns the major sins”.
the true desire and intimidation / “9” the book of: fast / “2” chapter: The desire to fast Ramadan is calculated…... / hadith number: “980” / page: “488”.
*About abo Hurairah “god bless him” about the prophet “peace be upon him” said:
“Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven”.
Narrated by El_Bukhari. Muton / “30” the book of: fasting / “6” chapter: Who fasted Ramadan in faith and calculation …. / hadith number: “1901” / page: “215”.
Faith:
By his assumption and his duty, believing in The Promise of God to reward him.
hoping for a reward from Allah:
is asked god for reward.
*So, fasting will be faithful to God not a tradition for his society and his family and their customs. END.