LessonsIntercession — Its Forms, Recipients, and the Plea of Fasting and the QurʾānQuiz

أَيْ رَبِّ مَنَعْتُهُ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ
My Lord, I kept this servant from food and desires by day, so accept my intercession for him.

Fasting’s plea relates to the person’s restraint from food and desires during the day. It points to the lived discipline of this worship.

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Why Fasting Intercedes

Intercession — Its Forms, Recipients, and the Plea of Fasting and the Qurʾān

أَيْ رَبِّ مَنَعْتُهُ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ
My Lord, I kept this servant from food and desires by day, so accept my intercession for him.

Fasting’s plea relates to the person’s restraint from food and desires during the day. It points to the lived discipline of this worship.