My Faith ISLAM (Grade 1-5) by Mawlana Feizel Chothia - page 854

It develops self-control.
It helps us to overcome our bad
habits and evil desires.
Sawm
gives us a feeling of the pain
of hunger and thirst.
This causes us to feel concern for
poor and hungry people.
Fasting creates a feeling of equality
between the rich and the poor.
Sawm
helps us to remain truly obe-
dient to Allah.
It leads us to
Jannah
and protects
us from the fire of
Jahannum
too.
For these reasons Allah loves those
who fast.
Allah gives a special reward to
those who fast, unlike any other
reward.
Allah has selected the month of
Ramadan
for this very special
‘Ibadah
(act of worship).
The Qur’an too was revealed in this
month.
When
Ramadan
starts, the doors of
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