Zakir Naik – Fasting is a Shield

			From the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam regarding fasting being like a shield of
protection. Could you enlighten us with a little bit more information about why it's a shield? Why
is fasting a shield?
		

			The Prophet said in, say Buhari one number three in the book of fasting, how did number 1894 that
fasting is a shield. The similar message is repeated in say body volume three book of fasting, added
number 1904. The preferred fasting is a shield, it will protect you from the Hellfire and prevent
you from going since
		

			the reason a beloved prophet masala Salaam said this
		

			is because
		

			that when a person eats and when his stomach is full, that is the time he can think of doing other
deeds, many of which may be Haram, which may be wrong. But once a person is hungry, he doesn't think
of these haram things. Only when the tummy full Can you think of doing something and imagine if
you're hungry. If you're really very hungry, you not think of going to a movie, when you're really
hungry or think of listening to music. So that is the reason when a person is hungry. It prevents
him from doing the things that the Prophet said that it is like a shield. And furthermore, Beloved
Prophet Nasir Islam says, especially as a body, one number form in the book of jihad, Hadith number
		

			2840. The blood Prophet said that anyone who fasts for one day, Allah subhanho wa Taala will keep
the Hellfire away from that person for a distance equivalent to 70 years.
		

			In another date, a beloved partner Salah sunset is mentioned in the top 10 MIDI book of jihad today,
number 1624. The blood Prophet said that anyone who fasts for one day, Allah subhana wa Taala will
make a trench between him and the Hellfire whose distance will be equivalent to the distance between
the heavens and the earth.
		

			So that's why when person fasts, it even constricts
		

			the pathway of the devil of the Satan. And that's the reason it prevents them from doing the bad
deeds, the false actions, the false speech, and that's where the Prophet said, it's a shield. And
we're given by example. It's mentioned in say, body one, number three, in the book of fasting, how
did number one and 05 The Prophet said that all those who have the means to get married, they should
get married, because it will help them to lower the gaze and guard the modesty. But those who cannot
marry,
		

			they should fast, it will give them chest that means fasting also prevents you from doing the sinful
act of looking at an arm harem helps with lowering the gays and prevents you from your mind
diverting towards the illegal act like adultery, fornication, pose Imagine if you're really hungry,
then no one will think of doing the likes that there is in the profits that fasting in the sheep.
Thank you very much for the answer there. Dr. Zakir