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What does fasting mean

*** has two meanings.

One is one of the five basic tasks of Islam in China, which include the prohibition of eating and drinking during the day, in addition to the prohibition of sexual intercourse. The second refers to the old Chinese practice of bathing and dressing before sacrifices, refraining from drinking alcohol and eating meat as a sign of sincerity and respect.

The Islamic month of Ramadan is the second year of the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina as the month of fulfillment of fasting. Fasting for a maximum of 30 days. Islam provides: Muslims in addition to the sick, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, young children and travelers, should be fasting all month. Fasting from dawn to sunset, abstaining from food and drink, abstaining from sexual intercourse, abstaining from scandalous behavior and obscene language. Islam believes that the significance of fasting is to cultivate character, restrain selfish desires, experience the suffering of the poor hunger, develop compassion, in order to help the poor, to do good and so on.