The role of Ramadan fasting in human coexistence, society's welfare and sophistication

Al Quran is the final Holy Book revealed upon the Last of Prophets Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). The Quran & Sunnah is the only source of holy guidance as it entails detailed instructions for each and every walk of human life. Here guidance from Quran & Sunnah for the followers of Islam (دور صيام رمضان في سوية الإنسان وصلاح المجتمع ورقيه : The role of Ramadan fasting in human coexistence, society's welfare and sophistication) is discussed for better living from Quran and Hadith of Prophet ﷺ. This is an English translation of an Arabic article written by Dr Ehsan Samara on FB.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of ALLAH, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

The role of Ramadan fasting in human coexistence, society's welfare and sophistication

As the Ummah has been resolved from a weakness in understanding of divine laws, consequent spiritual apathy, intellectual degradation, civil degradation, degradation and backwardness in all fields and spheres, many concepts, ideas, and cultures that pertaining to Islam are spread in the Ummah, which are in fact pervasive and strange ideas, which have no sound foundation in Islam, and that is Which has not left the field of Islamic thought and its subjects, and most of the Islamic cultural advocates, mixed up by this intellectual and cultural distortion and, like those Indian and Israeli impurities that have corrupted the Muslims' understanding of Ramadan fasting, to the extent of touching its active role in human harmony and social sophistication, and there is more language and misguidance in the past and recently than Pupils of philosophical contaminations that deceived the Islamic culture in their worships, practices, systems and other ideas and topics, because of these inherent and strange philosophies about Islam, they forget the divine guidance in Ramadan fasting, while the fasting of Ramadan was abducted by abstaining from eating and drinking and the company of women from the dawn of the day of Ramadan to the sunset.

The wisdom of fasting is linked to the effects of this adherence to man's composure and his order in life, claiming that hunger narrows Satan's channels in man, and the fullness awakens desires and prevents the activity in performing the duties that Allah has prescribed for His servants, and the fact that the fasting of Ramadan has been taken in this context, which is inherent with the law of Allah and its method, etc. He was targeted by the obligation of fasting Ramadan, which we mentioned in an earlier article, as taming Muslims to achieve the goals of Islam in this world and the hereafter, according to the directions of the Holy Qur'an, and his statement in the Prophet's Sunnah, which does not stop in the fasting of Ramadan when abstaining from eating and drinking, and when there is no restriction on eating and drinking and eating.

Women are mainly fasting and essentially in it, since this aspect of fasting is accompanied by a system of judgments and legislation that are obligatory, delegated, forbidden and hateful, along with various gestures that affect the balance of man and vital measures for his classification and the goodness of his community, why are these legislation, judgments and gestures that accompany the assumption of fasting in Ramadan from holding on to heart's activities The lowly, and about holding the ears, sight, and tongue from all that Allah has forbidden in it, and sending it out by what Allah has commanded, and also holding hands and feet from the sparrows and walking to what Allah has forbidden from, other than that of the directions and directions that Islam has aimed at in its laws and judgments that it has been aimed at and responsibilities.

The worshipers represent and embody it in their behavior and lifestyle, and the worship of Ramadan fasting is among the things that the fasting people are most subjected to all of it, and it is a taming for the souls to realize a lot of abandoning lusts and controlling them, and catching all the vices, evil, delusional and corrupt returns, driven by the control of Allah Almighty and seeking His pleasure, Glory be to Him, so souls will be amended. And communities are honored and uplifted by the power of Allah Almighty, which Allah has commanded His servants to represent in their lives in the words of Allah, Subhanah 🙁 ...

And fear Allah that you may be successful and fight in the way of Allah those who fight you and do not fight. Allah does not like the disbelievers. So kill them as soon as you have trained them, and expel them from a life that you have been expelled. And sedition is more severe than killing. And do not fight them at the Holy Mosque, until they fight you there. The recompense of the disbelievers is that if they perish. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. And they will kill them until Do not be in temptation, and religion belong to Allah. And if you have deviated, then there is no injustice except against the wrongdoers. The Forbidden Month is in the Forbidden Month, and the Forbidden Things are a short story.

So whoever has decreed against you, so you have dealt with him like what He decreed against you. And fear Allah, and know that Allah is with those who pious, and spend in the way of Allah, and do not stretch your hands to the deed. And do good, for Allah loves those who do good, and they are orphan. Hajj and Umrah are for Allah, so if you are detained, then do not make it easy for you from the right path. And do not shave your heads until the right path of the right path announces its place. So whoever of you is sick or has a harm on his head, then it is a ransom of fasting or charity or charity. So if you believe, then whoever enjoys the right path to Hajj, then would not make it easy from the right path? Mother in law Hajj is seven, if you return to Hajj, you will receive the whole ten days. That is for those who have not attended the Holy Mosque, and fear Allah, and know that Allah is severe in punishment. Hajj is the best of knowledge. So whoever is obligated to Hajj, there is no corruption or market or quarrel in Hajj, and whatever you do good is known by Allah, and you provide more. Be strong and fearful. The first of the doors) Al-Baqarah: (189-197); And His saying: (O you who have believed, fear Allah, it is due to His right and you do not die unless you are Muslims) Al-Imran: (102).

And fasting in Ramadan is a divine obligation that the best Muslim represents in its pillars, conditions and manners, achieved the piety that Allah desired and made it a cause for victory and success in this world and in the hereafter at the individual and community level, the Glory of Allah said: (O you who have believed, fasting is decreed upon you as it was decreed upon those before you that you may fear for a limited period of days, so who are you?

Those of you who are ill or on a journey many days later, and those who pay ransom to the poor, and whosoever you give charity, it is better for him, and if you fast it is better for you, if you only knew the month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was sent down as a guidance to people and signs of guidance and separation, so whoever of you witnessed the month, so on or on Travel in some of the other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not desire for you hardship. So that you complete the pilgrimage and magnify Allah for what He has guided you, and that you may be grateful. Al-Baqara: (183-185). And God's peace and blessings be upon him, said: "...

The month of Ramadan has come to you, a blessed month, Allah has prescribed for you its fasting, in which the doors of Paradise are opened and the doors of Hell are closed, and the devils are closed in it, -- all because of piety sent to the guidance of the Holy Qur'an, in which the distinguishes between right and wrong, guidance and wrong -- and a night in it is better than a thousand months, of forbidden Her good is lost". Imam Ahmed's Musnad, c2, p. 386; Women's Years, c4, p.129; Al-Manazari, Desire and Intimidation, c2, p 117.



We ask Allah Almighty out of His grace in this blessed month to bring the Qur’an closer to us, love it to us and make us humiliate it in it, increase our faith, piety and clarity to the guidance of the Qur’an and its intertwined with guidance and division. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, peace be upon the Messengers, prayer and peace be upon the ring of the Prophets, mercy be upon the worlds.

د. Ehsan Samara

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

دور صيام رمضان في سوية الإنسان وصلاح المجتمع ورقيه 



مع ما حل بالأمة من ضعف في فهم التشريعات الربانية، وما تبع ذلك من خواء روحي، وانحطاط فكري، وتدهور حضاري، وانحطاط وتخلف في كل الميادين والمجالات، انتشرت في الأمة الكثير من المفاهيم والأفكار والثقافات المنسوبة للإسلام، وهي في حقيقتها أفكار دخيلة وغريبة عنه، وليس لها أساس سليم في الإسلام، وذلك مما لم يخل منه مجال من مجالات الفكر الإسلامي وموضوعاته، ومعظم المضامين الثقافية الإسلامية، مما خالطه هذا التشويه الفكري والثقافي وكمثال على تلك اللوثات الهندية والإسرائيليات التي أفسدت على المسلمين فهمهم لصيام رمضان، إلى حد المساس بدوره الفعال في سوية الإنسان ورقيه المجتمعي، وكثر فيه اللغو والتضليل قديما وحديثا من جراء اللوثات الفلسفية التي غشيت الثقافة الإسلامية في العبادات والمعاملات والنظم وغيرها من الأفكار والموضوعات، حيث تنوسي بسبب تلك الفلسفات الدخيلة والغريبة عن الإسلام الهدى الرباني في صيام رمضان، حيث جرى اختزال صيام رمضان بالإمساك عن تناول الطعام والشراب ومعاشرة النساء من طلوع فجر أيام رمضان وإلى غروب الشمس فيها، وربطت حكمة الصيام إلى آثار ذلك الإمساك على سوية الإنسان واستقامة أمره في الحياة، زاعمين أن الجوع يضيق مجاري الشيطان عند الإنسان، والشبع يوقظ الشهوات ويمنع من النشاط في أداء الواجبات التي كتبها الله على عباده، والحقيقة أن اختزال صيام رمضان بهذا الإطار مما يتنافى مع شرعة الله ومنهاجه وما هدفت إليه فريضة صيام رمضان، التي أومأنا لها في مقال سابق بأنها ترويض للمسلمين لتحقيق أهداف الإسلام في الحال والمآل أي في الدنيا والآخرة، بحسب توجيهات القرءان الكريم، وبيانه في السنة النبوية، التي لم تتوقف في صيام رمضان عند ترك الأكل والشرب وإن عد فيها الإمساك عن الأكل والشرب ومعاشرة النساء أساسا في الصوم وجوهري فيه، إذ إن هذا المظهر من الصيام تصاحبه منظومة من الأحكام والتشريعات الواجبة والمندوبة والمحرمة والمكروه، إلى جانب الإيماءات المتنوعة ذات الآثار على سوية الإنسان والتدبيرات الحيوية لرقيه وصلاح مجتمعه، لما في تلك التشريعات والأحكام والإيماءات المصاحبة لفرضية صيام رمضان من الإمساك عن المشاغل القلبية الدنيئة، وعن إمساك جوارح السمع والبصر واللسان عن كل ما نهى الله عنه في ذلك، وانبعاثها فيما أمر به سبحانه، وكذلك إمساك الأيدي والأرجل عن البطش والسير إلى ما نهى الله عنه، إلى غير ذلك من التوجيهات والمرامي التي هدف إليها الإسلام في تشريعاته وأحكامه التي هدف إليها وأوجب على العباد تمثلها وتجسيدها في أنماط سلوكهم وطراز عيشهم، وعبادة صيام رمضان هي من أكثر ما يروض الصائمين لذلك كله، ويلفت النظر إليه، كونه ترويضا للنفوس ليتحقق به الكثير من ترك الشهوات والتحكم بها، والإمساك عن جميع الأهواء والسيئات والعوائد الواهمة والفاسدة، بدافع رقابة الله تعالى وطلب رضوانه سبحانه، فتصلح النفوس وتزكوا وترتقي المجتمعات بتقوى الله تعالى التي أمر الله العباد أن يتمثلوها في حياتهم في قوله سبحانه: (...وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ فَإِنْ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ كَذَلِكَ جَزَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ فَإِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ إِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ الشَّهْرُ الْحَرَامُ بِالشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْحُرُمَاتُ قِصَاصٌ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ فَإِذَا أَمِنْتُمْ فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومَاتٌ فَمَنْ فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ) البقرة: (١٨٩-197)؛ وقوله سبحانه: (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ) آل عمران: (١٠٢).

وصيام رمضان هو الفريضة الربانية التي إن أحسن المسلمون تمثلها بأركانها وشروطها وآدابها تحققت التقوى التي أرادها الله وجعلها سببا في الفوز والفلاح دنيويا وأخرويا على المستوى الفردي والمجتمعي قال سبحانه: (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَاتٍ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَأَنْ تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآَنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ) البقرة: (١٨٣-١٨٥). وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: "... قد جاءكم شهر رمضان شهر مبارك، كتب الله عليكم صيامه، فيه تفتح أبواب الجنة وتغلق فيه أبواب الجحيم، وتغل فيه مردة الشياطين، -- كل ذلك بسبب التقوى الباعثة على الاهتداء ببينات القرءان الكريم، التي بها يفرق بين الحق والباطل والهدى والضلال--، وفيه ليلة هي خير من ألف شهر، من حرم خيرها فقد حرم". مسند الإمام أحمد، ج٢، ص٣٨٦؛ سنن النسائي، ج٤، ص١٢٩؛ المنذري، الترغيب والترهيب، ج٢، ص١١٧.

نسأل الله تعالى من فضله في هذا الشهر المبارك أن يقرب القرءان إلينا ويحببه إلينا ويؤنسنا به فيه، ويزيدنا إيمانا وتقى واستشفافا لهداية القرءان وبيناته من الهدى والفرقان والحمد لله رب العالمين وسلام على المرسلين، والصلاة والسلام على خاتم النبيين الرحمة المهداة للعالمين.

د. إحسان سمارة