Q: like how can u live if u dont eat or drink for a month??????? oh okayi get it now sorry i was confused and exoskeletalicious! thankyou for being nice lol! thanks to everybody i get it alot more now and i was jw is there a reason like how jewish people light 8 candles or something for like 8 days those people were lost did someone not eat for like a month so its like to honor them? or is it just to show your love for your god?? sorry i might seem dumb but i never went to church or anything and i am confused exactly about religions. thanks to everyone who is helping me! oh okayi get it now sorry i was confused and exoskeletalicious! thankyou for being nice lol! thanks to everybody i get it alot more now and i was jw is there a reason like how jewish people light 8 candles or something for like 8 days those people were lost did someone not eat for like a month so its like to honor them? or is it just to show your love for your god?? sorry i might seem dumb but i never went to church or anything and i am confused exactly about religions. thanks to everyone who is helping me!
A: Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim - In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Hello PB. I see others have given you the basic facts. No, we don't fast 24 hours a day for the entire month. You're right, there'd be a bunch of expired Muslims if we did that, lol. We fast from before sunup until the sun completely sinks below the horizon. Since we follow the lunar calendar, which is eleven days shorter than the solar calendar, the month occurs eleven days earlier every year, marching around the calendar so that sometimes we are fasting during short winter days, and other times we are fasting during the dog days of summer. We fast basically because God told us so. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is ideally a way of effecting a physical and spiritual renewal. By depriving our bodies, we humble ourselves and learn to have sympathy for the less fortunate people who are hungry every day because they simply can't afford enough to eat. It allows us to discipline ourselves and have mastery over our bodies. It helps us to cleanse our bodies from the year's habits and sometime excesses. It helps to focus the mind when we are not distracted by food. Ramadan is more than just fasting, however. It is also a month of increased worship, when Muslims strive more in prayer and charity and learning. It is a time to heal any old wounds between family and friends, to forgive and seek forgiveness, and to try to develop better habits that we can carry into the rest of the year. A good fast is a wonderful thing You are welcome to ask questions any time. The website I have listed below has a wealth of articles and lectures for you to learn anything you want about Islam. May Allah guide you to the best in this world and the next. Ameen. Fi Aman Allah, Nancy Umm Abdel Hamid
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