{"id":952,"date":"2026-01-04T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/?post_type=topics&#038;p=952"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:08:59","slug":"%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%ab%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%9c-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%be","status":"publish","type":"topics","link":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/topics\/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%ab%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%9c-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%be\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was Fasting Made Obligatory in the Month of Ramadan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fasting (Sawm) has been made obligatory (Fard) in the month of Ramadan because Allah Ta'ala has granted this month a special status, and it is closely connected with the greatest blessings (Ni'am) and guidance of Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons for Fasting Being Made Obligatory in the Month of Ramadan<\/h3>\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\">\u201cThe month of Ramadan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.\u201d \u2014 Surah Al-Baqarah 2:185<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This verse demonstrates that the month of Ramadan was specially chosen because the Qur'an\u2014the primary source of guidance for mankind\u2014was revealed in this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another verse, Allah 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This verse indicates that the core purpose of fasting is to attain Taqwa (righteousness\/fear of Allah). And the month of Ramadan is the most suitable time for this spiritual self-purification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1335,"menu_order":62,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoires":[112],"class_list":["post-952","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\/952","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\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoires","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoires?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}