Contemplating the Objectives and Secrets of Fasting

About this book

Why does fasting ask the body to endure hunger in order to awaken the spirit? Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Manjood looks beyond abstention from food and drink to the deeper purposes of the fast: renewed servitude to God, freedom from worldly habits, self-discipline, and an ethical awareness that reaches from the individual to society. This is not a dry manual of legal rulings. It is an invitation to move from routine performance to conscious worship, asking not only what Muslims do when they fast, but why they do it. By reflecting on hunger, thirst, taqwa, and spiritual attentiveness, the book presents fasting as a school of character and a path toward a more intimate, assured relationship with the Creator.