Ramadan does not only mean abstaining from
eating and drinking, but it is also a complete transformation that touches
faith, society, health and spirituality. Whoever practises it with sincerity
gets inner discipline, succeeds in drawing closer to Allah, develops a solid brotherhood
with the Ummah – his Muslim brothers and sisters – and attains a sure means to
purify his body and his soul. The Holy Qur’an and Sunnah have shown us several
categories of benefits of Ramadan, and I will cite some of them before you:
(1) Taqwa (Fear of Allah)
Allah says in the Qur’an: “O you who have believed, fasting (Roza) has been prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may attain Taqwa.” (Al-Baqara 2: 184)