Wisdom and Benefits of Ramadan Fasting

Wisdom and Benefits of Ramadan Fasting

By: Yulio Adi Candra

1.     Ramadan Fasting is one of the islamic's pillar

Ramadan fasting is one of the pillar of Islam. By fasting during Ramadan, there will be relationship between human being and God. Doing fasting in this era is considered as the absolute time to ponder one's self from the worldly duties that never ends.

Thus, fasting during ramadan is one of the particular media, not only reduce the emotion but create good bond between human being and God also.

2.     Fasting for better health

Many people do not want to do fasting because they are afraid of being sick if they do not eat and drink all day long. One thing that must be remembered is that many researches prove that fasting is one of the effective ways to increase human's health and it makes life longer. The reduction of consuming unhealthy food is one of the reason.

The possibility of doing fast during ramadan makes the digestive system take a break and it also clears up the toxic (unhealthy food) that one's consume in daily life. Thus, fasting is often voiced as healing and and tissue repair. 

3.     Strengthen the Relation of Family and Community

In daily life, it is often that one family has a difficulty to gather all members, however during this month there will be more time to get along, at leat at the time of suhur and iftar including praying together and reading Quran after Taraweh.

    

In social life, ramadan is a month that everyone shows their solidarity. For those who never meet with their     partners, they will aften gather at tarwih praying or when preparing the event of iftar together with orphans.

4.      More Thankful

There are so many people wish that they want to see the next ramadan, so there is no reason for those people to thank to God. In Islam, thankful is one of the gratefulness to God on his virtues.

The sense of grateful can be felt when one's realizes that he or she can relish the dish at suhur and iftar, do praying with healthy body, share anything with the people in need (giving alm), have a family and relatives that love each other.

5.     Learn to be more humble

When Ramadan arrives, people will realize how they depend their lives on God's blessings to survive and has humble nature. Everything people have is a surrogate of God. It will not be worth that everything we have is just for showing off, vanity, and haughty.

When one's does fasting, he or she will learn how to refrain the haughty and vanity, become a humble person, respect to others, not be selfish. Those are the aims of Islam's morals.

6.     Increase Compassion and Sharing

Eventhough one's has much money and property, however all of those are the surrogate of God that must be kept and shared to the people in need. The affection and the sense of sharing with others also become one of the important foundation in Islam.

If it is seen further, how many people who hold in hunger and starve. When one's enjoys delicious food for example, he or she will question that whether the others can relish this dish or not. He or she will realize to share the affection to others.

7.      Practice to Discipline

Count how many times in daily life you think bad to others, even voice bad remarks that directly hurt others. When ramadan arrives, one's will learn how to control him or herself from the bad thoughts and remarks. In addition, one's will learn to make him or herself to be more discipline.

8.      Learn how to live in a simple way

Islam loves beauty and simplicity. Something that's exagerrating and excessive are detested by God. During this month, one's will try to not show off of worldly, even he or she will learn that praying is the relation one's self and God and not for showing off. 

When one's can apply the simplicity in daily life excluding ramadan, life will be more comfortable. No more envy and jealousy. By simplicity, one's can be more thankful to his or her God.

source : http://yyulio.blogspot.com/2013/07/8-manfaat-dan-hikmah-indah-puasa-ramadan.html