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God Himself is the Reward of Fasting / Ramadan.
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Peace!

According to my belief, the holy fasting month of Ramadan brings opportunity to get closeness of God. It enhance righteousness and spirituality with refuge of God from evils. Acceptance of prayers is among the rewards. The traveler and the sick are asked not to fast and are commanded to fulfil the fasts when are capable. (Quran 2:184-7)


The blessed Holy Prophet said: Fasting is a shield.


How it works as shield?

i- When one makes fasting one’s shield then Allah protects that person by enabling him/her to avoid all sins and Help them to do good deeds, explains Caliph of Promised Refomer (w.alislam.org) . To have such protection one’s ear, tongue, eyes, hands and all other limbs must keep the fast too. In other words one's all body and soul should fulfill the requirements of fasting.


ii- Self checks against forbiddens act as shield, such as men and women restrain their eyes; avoid verbal aggression by saying: I am fasting; hands donot involve anything wrong even it would not serve anything which is prohibited for eating. During fasting, believers also has to avoid some permissible features to get discipline and pleasure of God ---- If a believer does not keep fast with all its conditions then Allah has no need anyone to go hungry, says the blessed Holy Prophet.


Spiritual training in Ramadan is to continue give benefits after Ramadan.Recitation and practicing Quran in Ramadan is vital part of this training. Allah told the blessed Holy Prophet that Allah Himself is the reward of fasting.



In the verses about Ramadan, at one place Allah says:
And when My servant ask thee about Me, (say) I am near. I answer the Prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way. (2:187)


Blesssed days of Ramadan are the opportunity to remove veil and partition between human and God in spiritual sense. The Ahmadiyya caliph reminded that during Friday Prayer / Salat Allah graciously accepts prayers. On his MTA international channel, his sermons and lectures on Quran during Ramadan continue.
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#2
Is it Ramadan compulsory?
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#3
Peace!

Quran says:

[chapter 2: verse 184] O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil.

[2:185] The prescribed fasting is for a fixed number of days, but whoso among you is sick or on a journey, shall fast the same number of other days; and for those who are able to fast only with great difficulty, is an expiation - the feeding of a poor man. And whoso does good of his own accord it is better for him. And fasting is good for you, if you only knew.

[2:186] The month of Ramadan is that in which the Qur'an was revealed as a guidance for mankind with clear proofs of guidance and discrimination. Therefore, whosoever of you is present at home in this month let him fast therein. But whoso is temporarily sick or on a journey, shall fast the same number of other days, Allah desires ease for you, and He desires not hardship for you, and He desires that you may complete the number, and that you may exalt Allah for His having guided you and that you may be grateful.

So it is necessary but traveler and sick are exempted and they have to complete the fasts when they are ok. Invalids also are not bound.
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more:
Ramadhan, Fasting and Eid

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Excellence of fasting during Ramadan Summary of Friday Sermon, September 14th, 2007
Fasting: Fourth Pillar of Islam
Fasting (from An Elementary Study of Islam)
Ramadhan and its Blessings
Religious History of Fasting
Prayers at the beginning and opening of the fast
Sighting of the New Moon
Factors in the sighting of New Moon
Verses of the Holy Quran - Fasting
Laylatul Qadr
English rendering of an Urdu poem
Dars-ul-Quran and Ramadhan Concluding Prayers
Dars-ul-Quran
Eid
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#4
So Muslim religion includes fasting as well? I didn't know that.
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#5
Yes it does, and it is more important and strict than the ortodox one
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