In Islam, fasting is the practice of abstaining, usually from food, drink, sexual activity and anything which substitutes food and drink.

Sawm is the Arabic term used to describe the act of fasting. Muslims are required to fast during the month of Ramadan, from dawn until dusk.

Fasting is defined as no food, drink, or sexual relations from before the first light of dawn until the setting of the sun. Ramadan will be approximately March ...

Ramadan, in Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting. It begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon.

Fasting in the month of Ramadan is obligatory upon every adult Muslim, male or female, who has reached puberty, is sane and who is not sick or traveling.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.

In Islam fasting is primarily an institution for a spiritual discipline and selfcontrol. It is in fact an exercise in religious devotion.

Literally defined, fasting means to abstain “completely” from foods, drinks, intimate intercourse and smoking, before the break of the dawn till sunset. But if ...

10 мар. 2024 г. · The deeper purpose of fasting is striving to achieve God-consciousness (taqwa), so as to try to live by the ethics of Islam at all times.

8 сент. 2009 г. · Sawm is fasting. It's the fourth of the Five Pillars of Islam. Muslims are required to fast during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic ...