Quran and

the Sunnah it does not come from logic

because people's logic differ what you

see logical I may see illogical so it is

not appropriate it is not acceptable for

each and every one of us to shoot from

the hip and come up with a new religion

with new beliefs or with something that

we justify and believe it is the right

thing to do then why do Muslims fast

Muslims fast

Muslims pray Muslims feed the poor

Muslims are kind to their parents Muslim

connect to their kinship Muslims do all

these things as part of the religion

because they worship allah azzawajal who

says in the quran wama halakha tal

Jinnah will insa illa liya buddha i have

not created the jinn and the human

beings except to worship me so whatever

we do it has to be it has to fall under

the category of worshipping allah azza

wajal if we were to fulfill the purpose

of our creation so why do we fast answer

simple it's a form of worship Allah

tells us to fast we fast and the

thing is that people out of their good

will they would come up with

justifications now some of them are

valid yet we do not have the guts to

confirm that this is why allah azza

wajal obligated us to fast so if we

accept them as an idea as a thought but

we do not relate it to islam and the

notion the idea of justifying things in

islam is good and bad it's good because

it increases my Eman it increases my

belief so when allah tells me don't eat

pork i refrain from eating pork but

these pork chops look delicious yet i

believe when a doctor comes and tells me

listen pork chops

have the following illnesses heart

disease high blood pressure it has a

special worm that infests your

intestines and bla bla bla then I

believe and I'm convinced so this is

good it adds value however it has a bad

side to it see not everything in Islam

Allah comes and tells us this is the

reason this is the wisdom this is the

justification otherwise I would be

speaking to one of my peers pray

why should I pray because I told you so

everything you tell me I do I would have

been done I'm a Muslim part of my Islam

is to submit my will Allah tells me to

throw myself from the window I throw

myself from the window

I mostly Allah doesn't do this but if

Allah were to do this I would say Samira

now Aparna we hear an ad here

and we obey so the bad side of this is

that Shaitaan opens the doors for you to

go astray by justification so he tells

you why do we pray you say because you

have to have your heart energized and

five times a day you're connected to

Allah

good answer why do we fast because we

have to feel like the impoverished

people the poor people the those who are

in need so we can give from our money

and wealth to contribute to them and at

the same time to see the blessings of

Allah upon us and at the same time

because this is that good justification

why do we give zakat we have to give 2.5

percent of our savings so that the whole

community would feel at ease and we

won't have any big differences of layers

between the rich and the poor and no

enmity no excellent answer so he keeps

on opening this door by door why is it

prohibited to consume intoxicants it

wastes your mind it makes you do things

that you regret good then he opens

something that you cannot find the

justification for and this would cause

you either to doubt Islam or to maybe

reject it all together so he says why is

gold Haram for men to where you say

because it's expensive and it it breaks

the hearts of the poor you say but

diamonds are halal for men and they are

ten times more expensive than gold did

this this doesn't make sense here you

say hmm it doesn't make sense and this

means that you've opened the Pandora Box

upon yourself and you're close to going

in to help someone comes to you and say

tell me about Islam we pray with

associate what do you mean by pray sorry

pray five times a day a day wash

we go to church only once a week how do

you pray so we perform rouble ablution

we wash our limbs five times a day

multiplied by three times every wash

said you wash your feet fifteen times a

day so yes I'm a proud Muslim I wash my

feet 15 times a day minimum said I wash

my face only once in the morning your

feet are more clean than my face

what a beautiful religion you have yes

and I'm proud of my religion I'm a

Muslim he says if you don't have water

what do you do say I just put my hands

on the soil and I dust my face and hands

excuse me

why would you do that your religion is a

religion of cleanliness you were washing

your limbs 15 times a day if you don't

have water the normal thing to do is

just not to do anything

why soil your face with dust then you

start to say hmm I never thought of that

doesn't make sense let me reschedule I

ought to be done where is your

submission see this is how Shaitaan

works so to make a long story short this

is not our topic but it is important for

me for you to set your compass it is

important to put the coordinates in your

Google search or Google map or Google

whatever so that you know where you will

end which is destination Jenna and sha

Allah you will hear that sound saying

you have reached your destination but if

you start to logic things why do women

cover and men don't we have handsome men

that make the heads of women turn they

should cover a stuff for Allah or to

Willie now you're questioning Allah

religion you're questioning Allah you

have a problem so coming back to the

question why do Muslim fast simple a lot

older so fast now are there any other

benefits of course health benefits I'm

diabetic and all doctors even

non-muslims say if you fast this reduces

your diabetes drastically and helps cure

it

those who fast help their heart problems

they help their weight by reducing their

obesity they save money they feel how

the port feel so they have this empathy

towards them and they would like to help

them whatever they can so it also gives

you power

over yourself and why is that when I

fast from Halal things from drinking

water from eating apples which is halal

how would I be when it comes to Haram

definitely I would be much more

empowered because if allah azzawajal

cured my addiction to what he made halal

would I be any close being addicted to

Haram such as watching porn listening to

music fornicating consuming intoxicants

engaging in idle talk backbiting

gossiping slandering etc definitely not

so there are so many benefits of fasting

but again this is something that we

shoot from the hip is it mentioned in

the Quran and the Sunnah no it doesn't

have to be mentioned but we believe that

Allah ordered us to fast and this is why

we fast

allah azza wajal mentioned the ayah of

fasting in surat al-baqara chapter

number 2 Allah Allah says o you who

believe

decreed upon you is fasting as it was

decreed upon those before you that you

may become righteous that you may become

righteous in arabic is la allakum Tata

poon so you might reach the level of

taqwa

so what is taqwa because if you recite

the Quran you will find it filled with

this expression taqwa Fattah el muta

teen la ilaha Miyata hoon all of this

comes from the word taqwa so what what

is taqwa this is a terminology that is

stemmed from protection with aya so even

if you go down the road you'll find that

there are shops that would sell you

films that provide you with with aya

with protection from the infrareds from

the ultraviolets from the sun rays from

the heat

so taqwa is protection in the hadith of

the Prophet a son but all of you know by

heart it upon our while I will be

shipped by Tamra it tapanade leave a

visor leave a barrier leave a protection

between you and hellfire even with half

a date meaning that if I take the half a

date I would not put it in my face as a

shield and enter hell out of Allah it

means that if you give in charity this

half a date even it's so negligible it

will become as a barrier between you and

Hellfire so it tapenade the Prophet is

telling us al-assad Sarah to keep a

protection a barrier between us and

Hellfire so when allah orders us to fast

and tells us that this will help you

elevate to the level of taqwa so that

you would be fit the description of Al

Motta pean this is a very high level and

was mentioned in other Hadees when the

Prophet said la sala fusa he said a

soldier now and in another hadith he

said Asomugha net1 mean enough journa is

a protection and he's telling us that

fasting is a protection is a barrier

between you and hellfire so now this

adds up now

fasting saves us from Hellfire not only

that there are 8 gates to paradise each

one has a name so this one is for salat

this one is for jihad this one is for

those who fast and it's called a right

yawn

so whenever you hear someone's son named

Orion or Rayanne you understand that

this is the name of the gate of Jannah

that only those who fast enter from it

so fasting elevates your and boosts your

Eman and even Rajab says that taqwa is

to leave whatever drives you to Hellfire

from committing sins or from

landing forms of worship that you are

obligated to do so you're actually to

fit the description of taqwa you are

staying away from Haram and you're doing

everything that Allah has mandated upon

you

imam IBN taymiyah may allah have mercy

on his soul says the description of tako

allah fearing allah this collects under

it

everything that allah has ordered us to

do whether it is mandatory or highly

recommended and also everything that

Allah had prohibited us from doing

whether totally Haram or not recommended

and this includes a large rites and it

also includes the rights of the humans

among them selves Rahman Abdul Aziz who

they say is the fifth caliph used to say

that taqwa is not fasting all day long

and praying all night long and fooling

around in between no this is not taqwa

taqwa is to abandon what Allah Azza WA

JAL had prohibited and to do what Allah

Azza WA JAL has obligated upon you so so

whomever it has been given such a

blessing and a favour then after that he

is from goodness to goodness until he

reaches the day of judgment so this is

the true concept of taqwa scholars say

pray in the last row of the Masjid

but do not commit sin is much better

than praying in the first straw while

you slander people back bite them you

harm them you do sins from all types and

categories so again taqwa is to keep

something between you and Hellfire and

this is done by avoiding sense and by

doing what Allah has mandated upon you