{"id":950,"date":"2026-01-04T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/?post_type=topics&#038;p=950"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:11:49","slug":"%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%b6%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%a7%e0%a7%81-%e0%a6%96%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%93%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%93%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc","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%a6%bf-%e0%a6%b6%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%a7%e0%a7%81-%e0%a6%96%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%93%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%93%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fasting Merely Abstaining from Food and Drink?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, fasting is not just about staying hungry and abstaining from water. The things a Muslim must refrain from while fasting include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abstaining from food and drink.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from marital relations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from telling lies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from quarreling, fighting, and using bad language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from harming others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstaining from committing sins with the eyes, ears, and mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, fasting (Sawm) is the restraint of both the body and the mind. Fasting does not merely teach a person to endure hunger; rather, it helps them become a better human being.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1267,"menu_order":63,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoires":[112],"class_list":["post-950","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\/950","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\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoires","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoires?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}