Ramadan 1443 - Day 1: What is the Purpose of Your Fast?

Ramadan fasting 2022 commenced today, and Muslims all over the world are excited to welcome the month. Millions of people will be fasting - abstaining from food, drink, marital intimacy, and some other pleasure of life from dawn to dusk, in line with the command of Allah in Suratul Baqarah Q2:183 where Allah says: "O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you—as it was for those before you—so perhaps you will become mindful ˹of Allah˺." While every fasting Muslim understands the command to fast, we tend to loss the sight of its purpose. Here, we will take a look at our reason(s) for fasting and see how we can align it with the purpose Allah wants us to do so.