Fasting in\u00a0the month of Ramadan\u00a0<\/a>is one of\u00a0the five pillars<\/a>\u00a0upon which the structure of Islam is built. The other four are\u00a0the declaration of one\u2019s belief<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0God\u2019s oneness\u00a0<\/a>and in\u00a0the message of Muhammad\u00a0<\/a>(peace be upon him), regular attendance to prayer, payment of zakah (i.e. obligatory charity), and the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Fasting is a cool thing to do in the modern world and there are so many health and medical benefits in fasting.<\/p>\n

Learn about <\/span>Ramadan <\/a>and the benefits and rulings of fasting and so much more in this episode of <\/span>the Deen Show<\/a> with guest Dr. Mamdouh Mohamed.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is fasting? What is the wisdom behind it? What are the rulings and conditions of fasting during the blessed month of Ramadan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[216,11978,224,11866,8536,11867,7442,11984,7,3876,2671,341,2672,11985,1134,4557,51,11987,2673,2674,2344,3417,11990,11991,11992,3418,8033,11994,11995,6705,11996,11997,11998,18034,11999,12000,12001,12002,12003],"class_list":["post-30708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-last-miracle","tag-acts-of-worship","tag-definition-of-sawm","tag-fasting","tag-fasting-in-christianity","tag-fasting-in-islam","tag-fasting-in-judaism","tag-fasting-of-ramadan","tag-fasting-an-act-of-worship","tag-featured","tag-five-pillars-of-islam","tag-gossip","tag-islam","tag-lying","tag-meaning-of-sawm","tag-media","tag-month-of-ramadan","tag-muslims","tag-observing-fasting","tag-peacetv","tag-propaganda","tag-ramadan","tag-sawm","tag-sawm-of-ramadan","tag-sawm-of-the-month-of-ramadan","tag-significance-of-ramadan-in-islam","tag-siyam","tag-siyam-of-ramadan","tag-the-blessed-month","tag-the-definition-of-fasting","tag-the-fourth-pillar-of-islam","tag-the-meaning-of-fasting","tag-the-obligation-of-fasting","tag-the-reward-of-fasting-in-ramadan","tag-the-wisdom-of-the-legislation-of-fasting","tag-the-worship-of-fasting","tag-what-does-sawm-mean","tag-what-is-fasting","tag-what-is-fasting-in-islam","tag-worship-of-fasting"],"yoast_head":"\n