Ramadhan Keep Away the Corrupt Ways

In contrast to other religious, in fasting, there is no movement or a any specific word to do. The substance of fasting is to abstain. Practicalally enough to refrain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse within the period specified, fasting in principle (rule) has been done. But its substance is not as simple as practice, even God sees fasting as something exclusive, "that the fasting is for me, and I will establish with it’s My own reward." This is because the distinctive characters of fasting that if you have to get valued, goodness only known by God and the person. In principle, it is God who knows what purpose it fast.

On the other side Muhammad said about the results (evaluation) fasting, "Many of the people who fasted did not get anything (good) from it except hungry and thirsty." It can be concluded, that the person does not get any of the good pleasure of his fast apart except thinks near thirsty and hungry.

Allah says, "For the fasting, there are two pleasures, when he breaking and when he met Me, he was pleased with the reward I gave him." It is not unlikely that someone got in his fast only in the pleasurable feeling when breaking but not the other. Another affirmation comes from the Prophet, "Whoever does not abandon false words or any sins, then there is no need for God to (reward) above (what it does) left the eating and drinking."

Eating-drinking is something that is halal, in the sense of the fasting person can leave even though it is halal. Eating and drinking is the daily things that humans can easily feel pleasure from it and it felt great lust, as well as much pleasure in the sexual activity. Ar-Razi said, when someone is able to subdue an enormous desire then he has gained the ability to keep out (takwa) is greater. The things that are not halal (forbidden), instinctively men refuse to do so and if done it related to the presence of compulsion. And on the other side, if in itself there is a huge desire to carry out such actions indeed he has had a stronger defense.

But the phenomenon that occurs is not a few people who are able to refrain from any halal things (with fasting) but still took something not halal. It is very closely linked to the substance of fasting that is not on the fasting person. Though true fasting was enjoined that can then be formed with private (more) taqwa/pieties (Al-Baqara/2: 183).

If we notice the revelations about fasting (Al-Baqara/2: 183-187), and after its mentioned in revelation 188, there is a prohibition to practice wrong in terms of economic relations and to use the access of power to the benefits (corruption). "And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful]." (Al-Baqara/2: 188).

The conclusion is, if someone could not refrain from any sins and cheats’, whether it's after fasting and especially in the middle of fasting itself, the truth is that he is not fasting. And he got nothing but hunger and thirst, the thirst and hunger if associated with affluent person is not less than greed that would torments him.

Na'udzubillah ..