الصيام

Fasting

Therapeutic Practice General Tonic & ImmunityDigestive & Stomach

Voluntary and obligatory abstention from food and drink from dawn to sunset, described as beneficial for the body alongside its spiritual purpose.

daif graded

صُومُوا تَصِحُّوا

“Fast, and you will become healthy.” (meaning, not a literal translation)

Widely quoted; graded weak by most hadith scholars including al-Iraqi and al-Albani Da'if (weak chain — the underlying practice of fasting is nonetheless firmly established in Qur'an and authentic hadith)

Ibn al-Qayyim's Commentary

Ibn al-Qayyim discusses periodic fasting as giving the digestive organs rest, likening it to how rest benefits any organ subject to continuous work.

Caution

Those with diabetes, eating disorders, during pregnancy/breastfeeding, or with other medical conditions should consult a doctor before extended fasting.