Fasting Of Ramadan

someone who can distinguish between right and wrong, and who chooses a disciplined life over a free and careless one. Fasting has been made obligatory to train believers for such a responsible life. Fasting is not just about its outward form; its real spirit is also essential. That is why it is mentioned in Hadith that: “Whoever fasts but does not give up lying and acting upon lies, then God has no need for him to give up his food and drink.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 1903) During the time of the Prophet, some people fasted by avoiding food and drink, but they still engaged in backbiting, which is forbidden in Islam. When the Prophet came to know about this, he said that they had given up something God made lawful and then broke their fast with something God has made unlawful. A life of taqwa can also be described as a life of caution. One type of person lives without any care or caution— saying or doing whatever he wants. The other kind follows a life of principle, choosing actions carefully and avoiding anything that goes against his values. This is how a muttaqi lives. A muttaqi is someone completely cautious, who submits his speech and actions to the will of God. Fasting develops this same habit of taqwa and caution. The month of Ramadan trains a person to live the rest of the year as a cautious user of permissible things and an abstainer (fasting) from forbidden things.