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RE: 1st Ramazan ul Mubarak,300 characters about today - 37, Pakistan
I wish you a happy Ramadan, but I do wonder what fasting actually entails, because if you can eat after sunset, and sunset here is already at 4 p.m. until sunrise, then you have quite a few hours of eating behind you. I only eat once a day myself, so in that respect I've been fasting pretty much my whole life. Carnival is over here, so now it's fasting until Easter. I don't think that will be too difficult for many carnival revellers, who have of course drunk themselves silly with alcohol.
It is exactly like that, but it is not just about stopping hunger and thirst that one gets sustenance. Rather, it is about avoiding evil and performing as many good deeds as possible to please Allah, including helping the poor, breaking the fast, and providing food to someone's house. Apart from all these, keeping oneself busy in the worship of Allah Almighty, etc., is part of fasting. And the greatest joy is that its reward is due to Allah Himself. Because in Ramadan, the devils are locked up. And He is the Lord of countless rewards and rewards.
How much hunger can one have if he doesn't eat for a few hours?
What is there that Allah should forgive? I don't believe everyone is a sinner, or?
Fasting is kept purely to please Allah. Hunger and thirst have no role in it. A person can remain hungry for as long as he wants, but when, while remaining hungry, he restrains himself from sins and evil deeds and actively participates in good deeds, then such a person becomes a beloved servant of Allah and is granted Paradise because fasting is purely for Allah and He will reward him.