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blue dragon



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:57 pm    Post subject: Fasting Reply with quote

Do you fasting Question You can ask me anything about fasting Cool
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hafeez



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:11 pm    Post subject: Allo!! Reply with quote

Hi!! Question I'm from Malaysia Muslim.I'm fasting too.I don't know what to say about fasting... Laughing
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kyokusanagi



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi. Laughing Are you fasting?? I hope you fasting. I am also fasting and I so like fasting. Laughing
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pinkgirl



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi!I am fasting to!Are you fasting? Smile
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shankar



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:23 pm    Post subject: fasting Reply with quote

Hai bluedragon.I am shankar.Can you tell me more about your culture. Smile
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alamein



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:47 am    Post subject: Ramadaan Reply with quote

Hello, everybody

Fasting in islam is differnt from any culture. Muslims fast one month. It is RAMADAN. They fast before sanrise to sunsit. After sansit, they break fasting.They can't eat, drink, ..etc, when they are fasting.
Fasting ramadaan has many goals. If you want to know more about ramadaan, you can look to this web

http://63.175.194.25/books/seyam/english.html
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momohime



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Ramadaan Reply with quote

alamein wrote:
Hello, everybody

Fasting in islam is differnt from any culture. Muslims fast one month. It is RAMADAN. They fast before sanrise to sunsit. After sansit, they break fasting.They can't eat, drink, ..etc, when they are fasting.
Fasting ramadaan has many goals. If you want to know more about ramadaan, you can look to this web

http://63.175.194.25/books/seyam/english.html


It sounds hard Sad
so I never try to fasting, but I heard before the fasting is very good for our body. Im not sure but maybe it means our body clean up though fasting. I wanna try to fasting someday.... Smile
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freefhq



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have a bad health ,i don't want have a try forever
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pugachevV



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What is the point of all this fasting?
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pugachevV wrote:
What is the point of all this fasting?

Supposedly there is some health benefit to decreased caloric intake. Strangely enough, there is a correlation: the less you eat, the longer you live.
But in this case, fasting during Ramadan, there is a spiritual component. You sacrifice something you want or willingly endure suffering to show devotion to something else (Allah) or some cause. In a way, from my meager understanding, it is somewhat similar to the Catholic Christian practice of Lent (the reasoning there being: Christ sacrificed for you, what will you sacrifice for Him?).
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MandyDai



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Ramadaan Reply with quote

alamein wrote:
Hello, everybody

Fasting in islam is differnt from any culture. Muslims fast one month. It is RAMADAN. They fast before sanrise to sunsit. After sansit, they break fasting.They can't eat, drink, ..etc, when they are fasting.
Fasting ramadaan has many goals. If you want to know more about ramadaan, you can look to this web

http://63.175.194.25/books/seyam/english.html



When I was a senior high school student, I studied "Ramadan" from history class. I was very interesting about it. Like you said, it's only in Islam culture. But i have question that if you don't eat anything from sunrise to sunsit, do you have energy to do anything??
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Freakerz85



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

im fasting too

to mandy: hey .. well .. amazingly you do .. you know its wierd .. ive always found excercising really tiring but when im fasting, i can run up to 2 hrz non stop ... well gotta say that by the end of the day, YOU DO FEEL SO WORN out but hey who cares about the last hour if ur doing EXTRA fine during the whole day ....
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alamein



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:45 pm    Post subject: Benefits of fasting Reply with quote

hi,
I am sooooorry, because I am late Very Happy .
"I am up to my ears in HOMEWOKE" Crying or Very sad

In any way...

monohime said
It sounds hard

Yes it is hard, if you have NOT goals for fasting.You should bileve and read about fasting benefit.Then you will have a STONG HEART. Laughing

Mandy Dai asked
do you have energy to do anything??

It is a good qusetion Razz . ONE goal of the fasting is "keep your energy to do right things and stay far away from worng things

pugachevV asked
What is the point of all this fasting?

You should visit the website and keep READING, but you can see down.
I agree with Bob S.
thank you BoB S. (good job) Laughing Laughing

freefhq said
i have a bad health

ooooh, I feel sad for you . Crying or Very sad

Could you read what did DOCTORS do?


The Swiss doctor Barcellus wrote:

The benefit of hunger as a remedy is many times better than using medicines. Doctor Helb used to forbid his patients to eat for several days, then he would offer them light meals. In general, fasting plays a role in destroying the worn-out tissues at the time of hunger, then rebuilds them when food is ingested. This is the reason why some scientists, including Pashutin, regard fasting as a means of restoring youth.

Tom Burns of the Columbia School of Journalism says: I regard fasting as an experience which is deeply spiritual more than physical. Despite the fact that I started to fast with the aim of losing excess weight, I realized that fasting is very beneficial for the mind. It helps me to see with greater clarity and to develop new thoughts and to focus my feelings. Within only a few days of starting my fast in the spa I began to feel that I was passing through a very spiritual experience.

Of course fasting may be harmful and extremely difficult for some people in certain situations; Allaah has exempted them from fasting � such as those who are sick and those who are traveling.

For more information about fasting benefits,you can visit this web

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=41869&dgn=4&ln=eng

It is easy easy easy to read it. Mr. Green Mr. Green

Have a nice time. Wink
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eda



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i am fasting too and i feel great
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pugachevV



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, as I understand - you only fast from dawn till dusk, now when the days are short?
It is several small fasts rather than fasting for a month.
Not such a big deal really.
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