Fifth: Fasting prepares the slave to look forward to the Hereafter. The fasting person relinquishes some worldly affairs in hope of the reward of Allah The Almighty. The criterion for his loss and gain is one of the Hereafter. He leaves food, drink, and sexual intercourse during the day of Ramadan in expectation of an enormous reward on the Day of Resurrection. This is a great lesson for the fasting person to accustom his heart to belief in the Unseen and the Hereafter, being attached to it, and disdaining the transient pleasures of this life which cause laziness and adherence to the worldly life. Moreover, he is rewarded abundantly in this life and enjoys it by maintaining his physical health, the happiness of the heart with worship, and the expansion of the chest by faith. People with materialistic criteria do not view fasting as anything more than as deprivation of the pleasure of food, drink, and intercourse, which make the soul happy and fulfill the bodily needs.

• Desire: Everyone wants to be strong, successful, and rich among other things.
• Strength or power: Most people have a mind, a body, and capabilities such that if they are employed optimally, they would succeed.
• Will: Strong will is one of the major causes of man's success in this life and in the Hereafter.

Seventh: Fasting suppresses desire. The Prophet, said: "O young men, whoever affords marriage let him marry, and the one who can not afford it, let him fast. Fasting will be a shield for him."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim] The Prophet, pointed out that observing fasting prevents the man from pursuing his sexual desires. Some scholars linked this Hadeeth (narration) with the other Hadeeth which was narrated on the authority of Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Prophet, , said: "The devil runs in the veins of man like blood." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] In another narration, he adds: "So narrow the veins onto him by getting hungry or by fasting." But this addition is fabricated and unauthentic and is not found in the books of Hadeeth.

Divine Messages in Fasting-I