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Belief overview
Fasting of Ramadan
Fasting during the month of Ramadan is a central religious obligation.
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Neutral
What it is: Fasting of Ramadan consists of abstaining from food, drink, and other practices during the daylight hours of the sacred month, for the purposes of obedience, self-control, gratitude, and remembrance of God.
How the religion understands it: Fasting is viewed as a school of spiritual discipline and solidarity. It also links the believer to the sacred time of the revelation of the Qur'an and to the collective experience of the community.
Textual basis and context: The Qur'an presents fasting as a religious prescription and connects Ramadan with the descent of revelation. The tradition defines rules, exemptions, and forms of compensation in specific situations.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Qur'an 2:183
Qur'anic prescription of fasting.
Reference: Qur'an, surah 2, verse 183.
Content: The verse prescribes fasting for believers, linking it to piety.
Use in debate: It is the direct textual basis for religious fasting in Ramadan.
Qur'an 2:185
Passage about Ramadan as the month of revelation.
Reference: Qur'an, surah 2, verse 185.
Content: The text connects the month of Ramadan with the descent of the Qur'an and regulates fasting with specific exemptions.
Use in debate: It is one of the most important references for the theology and practice of Ramadan.