1.4K views · 123 reactions | The Qur’an teaches us that fasting is an act of worship that has been prescribed upon mankind since the dawn of time, but the way we fast during the ninth Islamic month is exclusive to Muslims. #ramadan #fasting #quran #weekend | Islam Channel | Facebook

Purpose of fasting What is the actual purpose behind fasting? Most often when Muslims are asked the question “So, why do you guys fast in Ramadan?” the most common answer is “to empathize with the poor” or “to know what it’s like to go hungry”. Now although, these answers may be partly true. There’s a lot more to fasting than this. If we were to look into the Quran, when Allah speaks about the act of fasting, it in fact reveals something a lot deeper. Allah says “Oh you who have believed, fastin

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