Spiritual benefits of fasting in ramdan

 

What are the benefits of fasting

In the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast for 29 or 30 days according to the lunar calendar with great religious fervor. This article discusses the spiritual benefits of fasting.

Spiritual benefits 

Question:- 

What are the spiritual benefits of fasting when it is said that it is a shield against sins?

Reply:-

Imagine that you are riding a horse and it takes you for a walk to a remote area of forbidden settlements.

 " This horse is the self "

If you are starving or fasting so this horse gets bridled, comes under control. 

And then it won't take you anywhere. And doesn't let you go anywhere.

 Fasting of your body parts

When you fasted so that means , You really fasted.

Because there can be no hypocrisy in it.Whether you fasted or not. 

Now this is the fast of your eyes so you do not see the things that Islam forbids you.

This is the fast of your hands, so you do not do anything wrong with your hands,

This is the fast of your feet so that you do not go in the wrong direction which may lead you to sin,

This is the fast of your tongue so you do not misuse your tongue,

It is the fast of your thinking so that it protects you from wrong thinking،

And fasting makes you realize that your purity has become as much as possible.

Fasting is a shield

You can't even eat halal food, let alone haraam food.

It means fasting keeps you away from evil. So this is a shield.

Shield means that it freed you from the notion of sin.

So it's a big shield, it changed thinking.

Now the horse became weak, the rider became alert

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What stop you?

When you feel hungry, you stop eating. ___ Who stopped you? Why stopped?

Did the thought of God stop you?

This is how you think about God while fasting.

Whenever you feel hungry, thirsty, need tea, and even you stopped when you were asking for a cigarette. 

 God has stopped it

So how long will you keep thinking about God? So long as you are safe from sins.

When God is very much present, then what is the question of sin?

 The real worship of fasting

The real worship of fasting is that this is an event between you and God. Otherwise you drink water, eat.

Fasting is not for family, not for neighbors and not for society. 

It could also be that you come back after eating and drinking somewhere else. 

But fasting is pure for God. 

Conclusion 

Yes fasting is pure for God. 

That's how you get under God's control and are saved. 

Then you came to the house of God and came in peace. 

Note This article is taken from a conversation by Hazrat Wasif Ali Wasif (may Allah have mercy on him)