{"id":46771,"date":"2021-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/news\/fasting-saves-man-from-physical-and-mental-harm-ayatollah-ramazani\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T11:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:02:14","slug":"fasting-saves-man-from-physical-and-mental-harm-ayatollah-ramazani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/fasting-saves-man-from-physical-and-mental-harm-ayatollah-ramazani\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasting saves man from physical and mental harm: Ayatollah Ramazani"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><strong>According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>In the third episode of the special internet program \u201cFacing the Sky\u201d, which is broadcast on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, pointing out that if a person can have a correct understanding of fasting, he will definitely reach many positions, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani Gilani stated, \u201cFasting is divided into three types, the fast of the common people, the fast of elites, and the fast of special elites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe fast of elites includes avoiding the sins of the limbs and joints, and the fast of special elites include abstaining from anything that diverts attention from God,\u201d the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.)-World Assembly pointed out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cFasting is effective in relieving physical and mental injuries,\u201d he added Stating that each type of fasting has its own effects and benefits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cIt has also been scientifically proven that fasting eliminates excess body material. Man must rest his stomach and body during the year,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani noted, pointing out that the hadiths emphasize the effect of fasting on human health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cMan should benefit spiritually from the holy month of Ramadan,\u201d added the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, pointing out that in the narrations, the reward of fasting in hot weather is emphasized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe Holy Quran states that fasting helps a person to understand spirituality and achieve peace,\u201d noted Ayatollah Ramazani, pointing out that those who have benefited from the months of Rajab and Sha\u2019ban.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe month of Ramadan frees man from lies, slander and bad language,\u201d added the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, saying that fasting gives a person a sound soul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cSometimes backbiting and lying for one time, causes man efforts to be wasted and deviates him from the truth,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cSometimes a person creates a hijab for himself by his actions. This hijab is dark and is created by slander and backbiting,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThose who are fasting welcome the month of Ramadan, and when this month arrives, they are happy, and when it is over, they are sad,\u201d he noted, pointing out that one should appreciate opportunities such as the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cIf a person knows what is going on in the month of God\u2019s feast, he asks God to make Ramadan the whole year,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani noted, saying that all the blessings of Ramadan come first to who fasts and then to his family, children and society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cIf a person achieves spiritual benefit and peace, his responsibility will be strengthened. Strengthening the responsibility makes a person have an effective presence for himself, family and society,\u201d said the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, emphasizing that we should ask God to benefit from the rituals of the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pointing out that fasting is effective in eliminating physical and mental hams, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly said, \u201cIf a person knows what is the month of God\u2019s feast, he asks God to make Ramadan the whole year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":403702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58],"tags":[197,3071,1745],"class_list":["post-46771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-secretary-general","tag-ayatollah-reza-ramazani","tag-fasting","tag-ramadan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403705,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46771\/revisions\/403705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}