Why do we Fast?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you that you may become righteous.”
Quran 2:183
The purpose of fasting is to develop the quality of righteousness (taqwa), inwardly and outwardly, by abstaining from sinful deeds and training ourselves to control our minds and bodies. Fasting is a deeply spiritual practice that is meant to benefit us in body, mind, and heart.
Alhamdulilah, Sulaym fasted for the first time this Ramadan. MashaAllah! Before she kept her first fast we wanted her to understand why Allah (SWT) has commanded us to fast.
When we read the above ayah to her she inquisitively questioned, “What is righteous (Taqwa)?
Watch the clip to see how we answered her question.
