(February 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm)Rayaan Wrote: I have already mentioned the benefits.
Fasting also affects you mentally and emotionally. It increases your patience by reducing the urge for instant gratification.
More at this article: http://echo-of-islam.blogspot.com/2009/0...madan.html
No fasting does not give you benefits and you are not fasting during ramadan ..you are just turning your eating timetable upside down....yippeee any shift worker can do that ...it isn't that holy. The practice seems to me to be stolen from hindu shamans.
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