O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous
ISLAM, THE HOLY QUR’AN, 2:184.
Allah said, ‘All the deeds of Adam’s sons (people) are for them, except fasting, which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.’ Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing sins.
ISLAM, SAYING OF THE HOLY PROPHET (SA), SAHIH AL-BUKHARI, HADITH 1904.
To be moderate in eating and drinking and to bear hunger and thirst are necessary for the purification of the spirit and promote the capacity for visions. Man does not live by bread alone. To discard all thought of eternal life is to invite divine wrath. It should be remembered that the fast does not mean merely that a person should abstain from food and drink over a certain period. During the fast one should be occupied greatly with the remembrance of God.
ISLAM, SAYING OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH (AS), THE ESSENCE OF ISLAM – VOL. II, P. 316.
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: Say to all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink only for yourselves?
JUDAISM, THE TANAKH, ZECHARIAH, 7:4-6.
And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
CHRISTIANITY, THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 6:16-18.
External austerities are: fasting; abstinence; collecting alms; abstention from dainty food; mortification of the flesh; taking care of one’s limbs. Fasting is of two kinds: temporary, and fasting which precedes and ends with death.
JAINISM, UTTARADHYAYANA SUTRA, 30:8-9.
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