{"id":948,"date":"2026-01-04T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/?post_type=topics&#038;p=948"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:19:23","slug":"what-is-a-fast","status":"publish","type":"topics","link":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/topics\/%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%80\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fasting(Sawm)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fasting (Sawm) is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Islam is built upon five fundamental foundations, and fasting is one of its core pillars. <strong>Sawm<\/strong> \/Fasting is an act of worship in Islam, where a Muslim abstains from food, drink, and acts that invalidate the fast for a specified period, solely for the pleasure of Allah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally speaking, Sawm means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abstaining from eating from dawn (Fajr) until sunset (Maghrib).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from drinking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And controlling one's desires (Nafs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Holy Qur'an, Allah Ta'ala says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cO you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous (attain Taqwa).\u201d<br>\u2014 Surah Al-Baqarah 2:183<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remember briefly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sawm is an act of worship for self-purification, which fosters patience, self-restraint, and the fear of Allah (Taqwa) within a person.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1454,"menu_order":64,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoires":[112],"class_list":["post-948","topics","type-topics","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoires-fasting-sawm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topics"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoires","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoires?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}