The Prayer Now application is keen to remind its users of the days and occasions of fasting because of the great benefits and virtues it brings, including:
Fasting Is A great lesson in obeying Allah:
Allah has not given us a direct reason we fast, which is the first lesson it teaches us. We – Muslims – fast simply because Allah has ordered us to do so.
Though, this doesn’t mean we are not to search for the benefits of fasting. On the contrary, we should do so, but what matters more than its benefits, is the reason we fast must always be because Allah ordered us to.
Fasting During Ramadan Is the Fourth pillar of Islam:
Fasting is the fourth pillar in Islam, which indicates its immense importance; as a person’s deen won’t be complete without fasting. A person’s journey with Islam is based on five basics that work together to make a person’s faith stronger.
Strengthening the spiritual bond with Allah:
Importance of Fasting that strengthens the believer’s spiritual bond with Allah through understanding that fasting is an act done only to worship Allah exactly as he wants to be worshiped.
Our prophet (salla Allah alayhi wa sallam) said in Hadith Qudsy:
“Allah Almighty said, ‘Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except for fasting. It is for Me, and I will reward it.