The Medicinal Advantages of Fasting

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Cash 11 years ago

Just up with the good work

Just up with the good work
Nima Boy 11 years ago

May Allah increase your wisdom and reward you bountiful. Ramadan Kareem brother

May Allah increase your wisdom and reward you bountiful. Ramadan Kareem brother
Salifu Seidu-Larry 11 years ago

It could not have been written any better especially to the wider community. May we benefit from Ramadan both physical and spiritually and may fasting in general be of a help to all.

It could not have been written any better especially to the wider community. May we benefit from Ramadan both physical and spiritually and may fasting in general be of a help to all.
musa garba guri 11 years ago

Iam very appreice to beone our ramadam kareem becouse of the good month outof one months

Iam very appreice to beone our ramadam kareem becouse of the good month outof one months
Mr Bee 11 years ago

No one should read this crap. This is one of the many ways Islam systematically brain wash their followers. Water is source of life. People eat to live. Abstinence from food and water for a period of time bad.

No one should read this crap. This is one of the many ways Islam systematically brain wash their followers. Water is source of life. People eat to live. Abstinence from food and water for a period of time bad.
Atoklo 11 years ago

Mr Bee, I'm sure you read the article before you concluded it was a load of crap. So why don't you respect others freedom to read it and make up their own minds.? You see, am not a Muslim but my parents taught me the value an ...
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Mr Bee, I'm sure you read the article before you concluded it was a load of crap. So why don't you respect others freedom to read it and make up their own minds.? You see, am not a Muslim but my parents taught me the value and benefits of fasting as a child in a Christian family. If nothing at all this article is an eye opener. Well written. Read it with the guiding
Koo Nimo 11 years ago

You still don't get it. We are Muslims and we will read it. if you dislike what you see here, fine. but why are you advising others not to read. Am not even sure you read it. you just jumped to the comment section to start yo ...
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You still don't get it. We are Muslims and we will read it. if you dislike what you see here, fine. but why are you advising others not to read. Am not even sure you read it. you just jumped to the comment section to start your hate. You will never succeed. Am not sure you are religious. Cos a good Jewish or a Good Christian understands the Value of fasting. and the Quran says.......O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you (Jews and Christians) that you may become righteous -
FRIMPONG 11 years ago

Did u see the scientific source the author gave? he didn't advocate abstinence for eve.

Did u see the scientific source the author gave? he didn't advocate abstinence for eve.
Humanity 11 years ago

Fasting is pre Islam, so you can not attribute it to Islam. You see that is a problem with people who always want to be the only owner of the truth by applying wrong interperetation mixed with vain imagination.

You are def ...
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Fasting is pre Islam, so you can not attribute it to Islam. You see that is a problem with people who always want to be the only owner of the truth by applying wrong interperetation mixed with vain imagination.

You are defending your thesis with sceince dated long ago before even Adam was created, while all the three monothesis holy scriptures entalied that Adam was the first creature. If fasting is really a medicine to mankind. What about those destitute people who couldn't enjoy three meals a day and yet their early because of the imposing fasting.

If you also belief in pre- detrmination as propagated by the monothesis religions. Can fastening change what Allah has detrmined for you in your lifetime zoals is written in " LAWHUL MAAFUUZ" ?.
Dickson 11 years ago

O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - That's what we Believe. Islam is the same religion of all the prophets. And the Quran says in 2-136. ...
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O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - That's what we Believe. Islam is the same religion of all the prophets. And the Quran says in 2-136..Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered. so you see. we are following all of them and we believe in all of them as Prophets. so try to learn about the religion not to hate us. Thanks.

Onyankopon 11 years ago

A heap of pseudoscience.

A heap of pseudoscience.
Graham 11 years ago

As the author points out, fasting was a practice long before Islam was invented and can take many different forms. Some people fast for health reasons, some for the discipline and others for religious reasons. Others do not f ...
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As the author points out, fasting was a practice long before Islam was invented and can take many different forms. Some people fast for health reasons, some for the discipline and others for religious reasons. Others do not fast because of their health. The specific method of fasting prescribed by the Qur’an has not been proved to be better than other methods.
Not only that, one can fast without needing to take on the superstitious mumbo jumbo of religions such as Islam.
A healthy diet and exercise are what doctors recommend.
Dickson 11 years ago

hahaha hahaha hahaha. funny. am not sure you are religious in your heart. you blame deny anything about Islam. you are not the first to deny and you will not be the last to deny it. the quran says in 2-118.. And those who hav ...
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hahaha hahaha hahaha. funny. am not sure you are religious in your heart. you blame deny anything about Islam. you are not the first to deny and you will not be the last to deny it. the quran says in 2-118.. And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us, or some sign come
unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike.
We have made clear the revelations for people who are sure.
HASSAN YAAYIMA _ Jasikan 11 years ago

Allahu Akbar
May Allah bless u for this piece.

Ramadhan Kareem to u bother in Islam

Allahu Akbar
May Allah bless u for this piece.

Ramadhan Kareem to u bother in Islam
WHICH IS WHICH ??? 11 years ago

What really is a fast ? Eating breakfast at 7 am, lunch at noon, dinner at 6pm and abstaining from food the whole night, or Eating breakfast at 6pm, lunch at mid-night, dinner at 4am and abstaining from food the whole day? ...
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What really is a fast ? Eating breakfast at 7 am, lunch at noon, dinner at 6pm and abstaining from food the whole night, or Eating breakfast at 6pm, lunch at mid-night, dinner at 4am and abstaining from food the whole day? The first implies indulgence during the day and abstinence during the night, while the second implies indulgence during the night and abstinence during the day. So which of these two is PROPER FASTING .......... Eat during the day and abstain during the night, or eat during the night and abstain during the day. Somebody explain this please.
dickson 11 years ago

1 – Fasting is a means that makes us appreciate and give thanks for pleasures. For fasting means giving up eating, drinking and intercourse, which are among the greatest pleasures. By giving them up for a short time, we beg ...
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1 – Fasting is a means that makes us appreciate and give thanks for pleasures. For fasting means giving up eating, drinking and intercourse, which are among the greatest pleasures. By giving them up for a short time, we begin to appreciate their value. Because the blessings of Allaah are not recognized, but when you abstain from them, you begin to recognize them, so this motivates you to be grateful for them.

2 – Fasting is a means of giving up haraam things, because if a person can give up halaal things in order to please Allaah and for fear of His painful torment, then he will be more likely to refrain from haraam things. So fasting is a means of avoiding the things that Allaah has forbidden.

3 – Fasting enables us to control our desires, because when a person is full his desires grow, but if he is hungry then his desire becomes weak. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O young men! Whoever among you can afford to get married, let him do so, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and protecting one’s chastity. Whoever cannot do that, let him fast, for it will be a shield for him.”
Kwame USA 11 years ago

No doctor will recommend fasting.

No doctor will recommend fasting.
dickson 11 years ago

That's your opinion and believe. leave us alone. we are Fasting. unto you your believe and us our believe. Why oo why? Please why do you care about what we do? The Quran in the opening chapter says..Guide us on the straight p ...
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That's your opinion and believe. leave us alone. we are Fasting. unto you your believe and us our believe. Why oo why? Please why do you care about what we do? The Quran in the opening chapter says..Guide us on the straight path,
the path of those who have received your grace;
not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray.
Amen.
Graham 11 years ago

Why do people care what you do? They don't if it doesn't harm others. But here we have a claim being made with the suggestion it's based on science. Now if you simply said you were following rituals from the Bronze Age that i ...
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Why do people care what you do? They don't if it doesn't harm others. But here we have a claim being made with the suggestion it's based on science. Now if you simply said you were following rituals from the Bronze Age that is at least honest. But to attempt to invoke science means you have moved from belief to something evidence based.
Dickson 11 years ago

That's your opinion Mr. we will not follow your Qibla. so dont follow our Qibla. We are muslims. So Follow what you believed. But stop hating our believe. you are not the first to hate Islam, some groups even kill muslims. so ...
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That's your opinion Mr. we will not follow your Qibla. so dont follow our Qibla. We are muslims. So Follow what you believed. But stop hating our believe. you are not the first to hate Islam, some groups even kill muslims. so you are not a big deal when it comes to hatred towards Islam. Weather is Bronze age or whatever, Thats what we believed.

Graham 11 years ago

I wonder why you see a criticism of an idea or belief as a form of hate. Perhaps this is the way you insulate yourself from self-examination? All beliefs, particularly when they make outrageous claims should be scrutinised. ...
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I wonder why you see a criticism of an idea or belief as a form of hate. Perhaps this is the way you insulate yourself from self-examination? All beliefs, particularly when they make outrageous claims should be scrutinised. Weather is not Bronze Age by the way and it is perhaps this kind of error in muddles thinking that enables people to fall victim to other beliefs that do not align with the evidence?
Nisperos 11 years ago

I'm surprised that the recent research out of the University of California wasn't mentioned: "Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system." (June 5th) Go search & read the articles which summarize, ...
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I'm surprised that the recent research out of the University of California wasn't mentioned: "Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system." (June 5th) Go search & read the articles which summarize, because it talks about the potential benefits of fasting even for the elderly and those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer...
Nisperos 11 years ago

One of my favorite quotes on fasting comes from the OT book of Tobit which Catholics consider part of the Biblical Canon (Protestants took it out in the Reformation, because it was in Greek and not Hebrew - if they'd only wai ...
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One of my favorite quotes on fasting comes from the OT book of Tobit which Catholics consider part of the Biblical Canon (Protestants took it out in the Reformation, because it was in Greek and not Hebrew - if they'd only waited until fragments were found in Hebrew among the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1952...) Anyway, the Book of Tobit or Tobias comes from the Hebrew ????? Tovya meaning "God is good". Here's the quote on fasting from Tobit 12:7-9 "It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God. Do good, and evil will not overtake you. Prayer is good when accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to treasure up gold. For almsgiving delivers from death, and it will purge away every sin. Those who perform deeds of charity and of righteousness will have fullness of life..."
hassan 11 years ago

alhamdulillah

alhamdulillah
MANSOOR A KHAN 11 years ago

BENEFITS OF FASTING IN SCIENTIFIC WAY IS REALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE BOTH FOR MUSLIMS & NON-MUSLIMS. I PREY GOD TO BLESS YOU - HAPPY RAMAZAN TO YOU ALSO.

BENEFITS OF FASTING IN SCIENTIFIC WAY IS REALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE BOTH FOR MUSLIMS & NON-MUSLIMS. I PREY GOD TO BLESS YOU - HAPPY RAMAZAN TO YOU ALSO.
Mubarak 11 years ago

Alaahu akubar

Alaahu akubar
Neghah 11 years ago

Thank you so much for this article. I have shared it with mu family, friends and work co-workers who are non muslim, who considered fasting very unhealthy. May Allah bless you and grant you highest level of janat. Muslims lik ...
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Thank you so much for this article. I have shared it with mu family, friends and work co-workers who are non muslim, who considered fasting very unhealthy. May Allah bless you and grant you highest level of janat. Muslims like you who use internet in the Allah's path actailly guides other muslims.

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