Fadhaail/Virtues and Rewards

Fasting – A Shield and a Fortress

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  1. It comes in the Hadeeth that Fasting is a shield and fortress for protection against Jahannam.
  2. In other words, just as a person protects himself with a shield and seeks refuge in a fortress against the enemy, similarly, by virtue of fasting a person attains salvation from Jahannam.
  3. This salvation is attained by the force and urge of sin diminishing in one when fasting.
  4. The propensity to do good is boosted through fasting.
  5. Thus, when a person fasts according to the rules, and he observes the etiquettes of fasting then he will be relieved of sins, and he will be saved from Hellfire.

(Behshti Zewar)