fasting

Ramadan can have different meanings to different people. I think M. Zuhdi Jasser allows Ramadan to have a more individual meaning than most, allowing each to use Ramadan to reflect on many avenues of self reflection.

Comments from:
M. Zuhdi Jasser
Source: The Family Security Foundation, Inc.
Date: October 12, 2007

"It is our holiest month of the year. It is a devotional month of self-reflection, renewal of faith, and a general strengthening of one’s relationship with God. Like all faiths which encourage some form of fasting, the daily fast from sunrise to sunset from food and water for Muslims during the month of Ramadan provides for a different spiritual accomplishment for every Muslim. Some learn about the blessings of health and wealth. Many read the Koran nightly and reflect in conversation with God upon our need for atonement of our sins.

"These themes are about a personal journey during Ramadan between an individual and God, a virtual resetting of one’s spiritual clock during a month long personal fast. Ramadan is not about government, nation, or non-Muslims recognizing our faith."