There is Hadith of Muhammad
saying
So whoever turns away from my Sunnah (i.e., my way) is not from me
the story behind this Hadith, is that one day
there was a group of Muslims who said
Muhammad is a prophet, meaning he is guaranteed of entering Heaven
but we are not
so they thought they should put more effort into worshiping
so they too, guarantee entering Heaven
what they decided to do ?
one them said
he will abstain from women for good
meaning, he will never get married
the second one said
he will never sleep at night
offer prayer all night long
the third one said
he will observe fasting perpetually
meaning not only Ramadan, but his whole life
what is interesting for us about this story is
why these people decided to do such things
meaning, why these people thought that
that if they deny themselves things
this would make god more satisfied with them
self-denial practices
self-denial is practices often adopted by people for religious purposes
through abstinence from some sensual pleasures
for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals
that's why we observe that most religions
practice, in a way or another, self-denial
and the more the person is religious, the more he practices self-denial
self-denial practices can be partial
through abstinence from "some" sensual pleasures
and for some religions, they can go further
to complete self-denial through asceticism
abstaining from living in the society
and refusing all attachment to material objects
fasting, is nothing but one of these practices
and it's one of the practices we observe most in religions
in the past, and the present day too
back at the time when Islam first appeared
there were so much religions in the Arabian Peninsula that practice fasting
and all what Islam did, is that it simply
copied the idea of fasting from
other religions practices found at that area
and especially, the Harranian Sabianism
Origin of Ramadan
the Harranian Sabianism
is a monotheistic religion mentioned in the Quran several times
and Islam copied from it the idea of fasting of Ramadan
whereas Harranians
practiced fasting, which was very similar to Ramdan fasting
they were practicing fasting for 30 days
which lasts from dawn to sunset
in which they abstain from eating and drinking
actually, fasting is not the only thing Islam copied from them
there are so much similarity between Islam and Sabianism
in terms of belief and observances
to the point that Muhammad, when he first started calling for the new religion
many people mistakenly thought that he converted to Sabianism
and they were asking him
did you became Sabian ?
same thing happened to Omar ibn Khattab when he converted to Islam
they were saying that he became Sabian
all of this prove that Islam teachings
including Ramadan fasting
were known at that time in the Sabianism
Islam brought nothing new
it just copied from religions existed there
what proves this, even more, is that Ramadan fasting
is suitable just for the environment in which Islam was created
suitable anytime, anywhere ??
when the Quran mentioned fasting
it exempted the sick one and the traveler
about the sick one, it is understandable
but why it would exempt the traveler from fasting
the answer which no one disagreed with it
is that it's because traveling is hard work
but the problem is that
traveling is not the only activity which can be considered a hard work
there are so many other activities too which can be considered hard work
such as construction
but Arabs were living in tents, so they didn't practice construction
and they were also living in the desert
which means they didn't practice agriculture
nor sailing
their activities were mostly commerce
which means, their only activity which can be considered a hard work
is traveling in commercial caravans
and what is the only activity in the Quran, in which people are exempted from fasting ?
it's traveling
it means that Islam was designed specifically to be suitable for Arabs at that time
and as a result, today
Islam exempts this one from fasting
and impose it upon this one
another proof
fasting in Islam is from dawn to sunset
as a result, fasting in some countries lasts for 22 hours
and the sheikhs knew that fasting in this situation is a little too much
despite that the Quran says, Allah does not charge a soul except its capacity
but they knew Muslims won't be able to fast 22 hours in a day
so what did they do ?
they made Fatwa saying that Muslims in such situation should fast according to another country's time
2 hours night, so how many hours fasting lasts ?
22 hours
tell him to start fasting with the Fajr (dawn) prayer
and counts
the closest city in the same longitude line
or he uses the timing of Macca
and counts how many hours do the people of Macca fast
they fast for 16 or 15 hours
and he breaks his fasting even if the sun is in the middle of the sky
so, from where they came up with this Fatwa ?
actually, there is no text in Islam saying such thing
and the only Hadith they used is this one
and Sheikhs gather this, based on the prophet's saying
when he mentioned to his companions the days the Dajjal will live on earth
he said Dajjal will live on earth for forty days
a day of it seems like a year, a day seems like a month, and a day seems like a week
And the rest of the days will be like your days
they said : "O Messenger of Allah, that day that resembles a year, is it enough for us to pray just for one day ?"
he replied : "No, but estimate it!"
but this Hadith has nothing to do with this situation
because, first
the Hadith is talking about the end of times, when the Dajjal arrives
and second,
the Hadith is not talking about fasting at all, it's talking only about prayer
think about it
what makes more sense ?
Allah explained to people how to pray when the Dajjal arrives
and ignored explaining how to fast in countries such as northern Europe
or simply
the creator of Islam was just an ordinary human
and he had no idea that there are countries
in which fasting can last for 22 hours
of course, all of this without even talking about other areas in the world
where the sun stays up for several months
which means there is not sunset at all
and in case the 24 hours
have no day and night
as in the case of our brother Abou Jamal
they should look for the closest country
in which there is day and night in the 24 hours
and they fast according to them
the next subject we will be talking about
is what Muslims believe about the health benefits of Ramadan
actually there is no scientific study that proves
that Ramadan fasting has benefits on health in general
so, where did this idea come from ?
Ramadan benefits ?
just because fasting is part of Islam
most Muslims believe it has health benefits without any proof
and that's why when you ask a Muslim
how did you know Ramadan has health benefits ?
usually, his answer would be
or he may tell you about the Hadith: "fast and you will be healthy"
which is Ḍaʻīf (weak) and not authentic
another reason why Muslims believe in health benefits of Ramadan
is the so many videos online
spreading false informations about Ramadan
for example
the famous claim that Ramadan fasting get rid of toxins in body
and that's why scientists searched for so many ways
and they did find only one way
capable of getting rid of toxins
and cleaning it from these toxic materials and pollutants
today, doctors are saying
that fasting gets rid of these toxins
modern science discovered that 1 day fasting
eliminates 10 days toxins
the health and medical team of the Columbia university
confirm that the health benefits of fasting
are more myth than fact
and explains that fasting deprives the body from essential nutrients
such as minerals and vitamins
which may cause weakness of the immune system
and then finish saying that fasting isn't doing a body good
in addition, abstinence from drinking water during Ramadan
may make the kidneys not able to do their role
of cleaning the body from toxins
which may cause a blood poisoning case known as Uremia
meaning, Ramadan not only doesn't clean the body from toxins
but on the contrary, it may prevent the natural process of doing so
there is another claim, that Ramadan fasting is beneficial to aging-related diseases
so 30 days, a prevention cycle against
aging-related diseases
and therapeutic cycle for some diseases
actually, top countries in the world where people live the longest (and healthiest)
are non-Islamic countries
and not only non-Islamic but also Muslims populations there are small
another claim, that in the west, fasting is used as a way to treat diseases
many institutes in the west
and healing centers, especially in Germany
treat patients using fasting
by abstinence from food and drinks for discontinuous periods of time
this has nothing to do with Ramadan fasting
firstly
it's used in some specific cases and not for everyone like Ramadan
secondly
it's used for limited period of time, a day or few days
and not for a whole month like Ramdan
thirdly and most importantly
there is no abstinence from drinking water like Ramadan
abstinence from drinking water is a great danger for humans health
because it would cause dehydration
and dehydration may cause very serious dangers
such as
headaches
dizziness
nausea
stress
depression
muscle cramps
constipation
hypertension
kidney stones
uremia
gallstones
kidney disease
joint complications
and death
of course when you explain this to a Muslim he would say
Muslims have been fasting for hundreds of years
and nothing happened to them
but this is wrong
because there were so many people who suffered health complications
and even died because of Ramadan
Ramadan victims
so many studies
show an increase in health complications and deaths during the month of Ramadan
which is caused by health and psychological effects of fasting
for example
a study done in Turkey, says that during Ramadan
there is an increase in accidental and natural deaths
another study
says that there is an increase
in the emergency attendances during Ramadan
and that most frequent emergencies are gastro-duodenal ulcer
due to Ramadan effects
and an increase in cardiac and vascular problems has been noticed during Ramadan
another study says that during Ramadan
there is an increase in emergency attendances for Muslims
comparing to non-Muslims
and these attendances decrease after Ramadan
all of this is just the ordinary effect
but what the consequences may be
when a heatwave coincide with Ramadan
the consequence is what happened in Pakistan in 2015
whereas a heatwave coincide with Ramadan
and this caused 1250 deaths
and 65,000 patients have received hospital treatment
for sunstroke
which is a serious health problem
related to dehydration because of the abstinence from drinking water
this was just some of the health damages of Ramadan
but Ramadan causes many other damages
crimes in Ramadan
Ramadan has an important role in the increase of violence and crimes
this can be observed in Muslims majority countries
here are some examples
an expansive study done in Algeria
revealed an increase by 220% in petty crimes during Ramadan
increase by 320% in fights, disputes and assaults
increase by 120% in domestic violence towards women and children
increase by 440% in accidents
and an increase by 80% in deaths
same thing in Egypt
an increase in domestic crimes during Ramadan
in Indonesia
increase in crimes during Ramadan
in Yemen
increase in child trafficking during Ramadan
terrorism in Ramadan
Ramadan is very related to terrorism
and the reason in that in the history of Islam
Ramadan is the month in which the Great Battle of Badr occured
and it's the month in which Muslims conquered Macca
those were what Muslims consider the greatest battles in their history
in addition, many other battles won by Muslims were during the month of Ramadan
and this is what makes Ramadan an annual memorial of Islam wars
and for Muslims, Ramadan is the month of Jihad
and this is how Ramadan became like an anniversary
in which there are abetments
to commit more terrorist attacks
and to murder non-Muslim innocents
the result is an increase in deaths because of terrorism during Ramadan
whereas the number of terrorism victims during an average month
usually is no more than 1000 deaths
but this number increases during Ramadan
and this is known as "Ramadan Rage"
as an example, in Ramadan of the last year
terrorist attacks result in 1639 deaths in about 30 countries
the economical effect
studies and reports reveal that fasting and decreasing working hours
in addition of the change in the living habits during Ramadan
have significant negative effects on the economy of the Islamic countries
many reports indicate that productivity decline by
35% to 55% during Ramadan
while the consumption and demand rise
meaning, Muslims in Ramadan
produce less
and consume more
another study done by 2 economical researchers
proved that Ramadan has a negative effect
on the economical growth of Islamic countries
and that the more fasting hours are, the more there is productivity decline
and it's responsible for at least 3% productivity reduction annually
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