IMPORTANCE OF SAUM, FASTING.

Siyaam, fasting,is among the fundamental acts of ibaadat. It has been ordained by Allah for the development of taqwa in the Maumineen. Fasting is extremely efficaciousfor the acquisition of Taqwa. A muslim cannot acquire Divine proximity without taqwa. Without Taqwa, the muslim must necessarily drift far off the straight peth, Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem, which leads to Allah and everlasting success in the Aakhirat. One who denies the fardhiat, obligation, of Saum, no longer remains a muslimand the one who does not fastduring the month of Ramadan is a Faasiq, an immoral and flagrant transgressor, of the highest order. Such a Faasiq totallydestroys his spirituality and morality and exposes hid Imaan to the gravest onslaught of Kufr.