Fasting is a Shield – Dr Zakir Naik
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Yusuf Chambers: From the Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), regarding fasting being like a shield, a protection. Could you enlighten us with a little bit more information about why it is a shield? Why is fasting a shield?
Dr. Zakir: The Prophet said in Sahih Bukhari Vol no. 3 in the Book of Fasting Hadith no. 1894, that,
“Fasting is a shield”
The similar message is repeated in Sahih Bukhari Vol. 3 Book of Fasting Hadith no. 1904 the Prophet said
“Fasting is a shield; it will protect you from the hellfire and prevent you from doing sins”
The reason our beloved Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), said this is because that when a person eats and when his stomach is full that’s the time he can think of doing other deeds many of which may be Haraam, which may be wrong but once a person is hungry he doesn’t think of these Haraam things. Only when the tummy is full can you think of doing something. Imagine if you are hungry, if you are really very hungry you will not think of going to a movie, when you are really hungry you won’t think of listening to music, so that’s the reason when a person is hungry, it prevents him from doing the sins. That’s the reason the Prophet said that it is like a shield. And further more our beloved Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), said
Its mentioned in Sahih Bukhari Vol. no. 4 in the Book of Jihad Hadith no. 2840 the beloved Prophet said that
“Anyone who fasts for one day Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala will keep the hellfire away from that person for a distance equivalent to 70 years.”
In another Hadith our beloved Prophet Muhammad, (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), said it’s mentioned in a Hadith of
Tirmidhi Book of Jihad Hadith no. 1624 the beloved prophet that
“Anyone who fasts for one day Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala will make a trench between him and hellfire whose distance will be equivalent to the distance between the heavens and the earth”
So that’s why when a person fasts it even constricts the pathway of the devil of the satan and that’s the reason it prevents from doing the bad deeds, the false actions, the false speech and that’s why the prophet said it’s a shield.
I would like to give one more example.
Its mentioned in Sahih Bukhari Vol. no. 3 in the Book of Fasting Hadith no. 1905
The Prophet said that
“All those who have the means to get married, they should get married because it will help them to lower their gaze and guard their modesty. But those who cannot marry, they should fast it will keep them chaste”
That means fasting also prevents you from doing sinful acts of looking at a Na-mehram, it helps you lowering the gaze and prevents you from your mind diverting towards the illegal acts like adultery, fornication. Because imagine if you are really hungry then no one will thinkl of doing these evil acts. That’s the reason the Prophet said fasting is a shield.
Yusuf Chambers: Thank you very much for the answer Dr. Zakir.
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