The Effect of Fasting on the Soul
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Question:
What is the effect of fasting on the human soul, if we set aside the feeling of hunger and the pain of the poor?
Answer:
The effect of fasting on the soul of the believer, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:183] So its effect is that it causes the mindfulness of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The reason for this is that it accustoms the Muslim to patience, to patience, to enduring hunger, and to enduring thirst, as a means of drawing near to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. And among its secrets is that it reminds the believer of the needs of those in need, so he gives them charity. Yes.
What is the effect of fasting on the human soul, if we set aside the feeling of hunger and the pain of the poor?
Answer:
The effect of fasting on the soul of the believer, as Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 / فتاوى على الهواء - 10 01 1435هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (32:41)
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