1. How canfastingcreatepeace?
Written by:
Dr. Sajid Ali Talpur
Fasting actually increases the threshold for various desires and needs like thirst,
hunger, libido etc. this can be exemplified as without fasting at the stimulus of 5
points for hunger one responds and eats but due to the practice of fasting now one
does not respond earlier to the stimulus of 5 points but can easily tolerate it and
prolong it upto 10 points. Remember that, most important thing to destroy peace is
not the use of weapons instead the rude use of the language and the character i.e.
The Rage. Since, various centers of desire including rage are located in the
hypothalamus and the increase in their threshold as a result of fasting helps a
person restrain more easily and more strongly such that one can easily avoid the
rude behavior upto a greater level which proves to act as a back bone in creating
the peace in the minds and in the society.
This has been mentioned in The Holy Quran as;
O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you asit was prescribed to those before you, thatye
may (learn) self-restraint,-