I'm a non-Muslim who once fasted every day of Ramadan -- only out of curiosity to see what it was like, not from any belief in religion. Going without water was the really hard part, although mainly in the last three hours or so before sunset. I had to keep my mind off water and the much-too-slowly-moving clock, and the best way to do that was to curl up and sleep or rest while listening to music. He's right that the fast encourages laziness. It didn't make me feel "spiritual" in any way. Every day i would break the fast by first drinking glass after glass of water and then i'd eat too much because someone was giving me all the free food I could eat. It was just a personal endurance test.
understand the purpose of fasting, why do Muslims fast? it's not just about drinking and eating!! what you did is just fasting without food and water there was no element of any spirituality or praying involved.
@@kalidito9466 Ramadam islamic fasting is absurd because you just switch the night with the day. This is not fasting. To abstain from food and water in the day time but fill up your stomachin the night. Everything is nonsence.
My family are still Muslim and still fast, and oh my god do we waste so much food during ramadan. My parents cook on an empty stomach and overestimate how much we'll eat. We'd throw out more than we actually eat. This teaches the exact opposite of 'feeling what people with no food feel' since we're wasting more than usual.
@@caseh4235 Great and you have a good heart. I know when you leave your religion you will get some heat and that is normal. I fast and I am happily a Muslim, but if I left Islam and have to fast for my parents or if I am scared of being kicked out then that is also a smart decision, when you have your own place then enjoy eating :)
@@sherkog Nah I'm no longer a Muslim, but my parents don't know that because I don't want to cause them the pain of knowing I'm not a Muslim, and plus, I'll definitely be kicked out of my house and my parents at least definitely won't even talk to me
@@caseh4235 I think that is a smart strategic move. Some people will just confront either entering Islam or leaving Islam and that is not very smart. Non-Muslims are more tolerant of accepting and I admit that. So, what religion did you pick and are you a born Muslim?
@@scoovadia9452 Eish bro yeah that's a tough one, so you're probably forced to taraweeh during ramadaan as well.... It's a pity we have to be afraid to be ourselves around family, facing the same dilemma
@@safwaan8311 it irratates me so much. And yes, I'm forced to go for Taraweeh. Apart from hiding the fact that I'm no longer a Muslim, I also have to hide the fact that I'm gay. What a life... 💀
Instead of sleeping, most of my muslim friends tried to pass the hours by gaming or binge-watching movies/tv-series. I think it’s the same as sleeping actually, since they didn’t do anything at all, and they just try to distract themselves from the hunger & feed on their laziness.
You know young Muslims are still learning and you we have too many stories. Fasting is between you and Allah. I hate fasting but I fast for Allah and happy to do so.
@CHEANG HAN BIN Moe Who forces anyone to fast or even become a Muslim? Trust me, you can be a Muslim and leave it and you are free. If you became a Muslim or come to Muslim country there are some laws that you need to respect. Like: if you drive without a license even if you are a perfect driver police can put you in jail because you came to this country and you should respect their law.
@CHEANG HAN BIN Moe So, we are talking about a specific country that is practicing a specific action. I was in Saudi Arabia and know their rules, if you are non-Muslim you can eat and drink ok. If you are a Muslim then you can not eat in public. Rules. Just like if play soccer you have to obey Fifa's rules bud.
Yes that is true. Some place in my country, especially where I live, we can't eat in public, the stalls and restaurant are closed, We have to respect those who fast. The purpose of fasting should be to refrain from temptation, but all temptations were deliberately eliminated, even in some areas, stalls that open were forcibly closed.
Yeah that's a sad reality in Indonesia, people here can't respect anyone from minority groups who don't share their beliefs and it sucks, why non muslim need to respect people who fasting?, that's a load of bullshit (I'm an ex-muslim from Indonesia so I feel your struggle)
@@gollamadish7805 The whole concept of being disrespectful just by eating if you don't share those beliefs is bogus. Both Christians and Jews also fast, but I guess Muslims in your country don't think they're being disrespectful just by eating when others choose not to.
@@gollamadish7805 when muslims are minority they cry and complain and eventually get what they want but if you are in muslim majority country you voice is non existent.
Imam Syafie said: "I was able to argue with 10 knowledgeable people but I would have lost to an ignorant person, because the ignorant person never understood the foundation of knowledge". Imam Syafi'I said: "When fools invite you to debate, then the best attitude is silence."
As an ex Muslim, it's so hard to pretend like I am fasting lol. I have terrible gastric issues which prevented me from fasting sometimes even when I was a Muslim. I remember getting straight up shamed for it, almost made to feel guilty for the fact I literally have a physical illness.
@@heyjohnitsguys5804 there is literally no benefits of abstaining from water. Abstaining from food for a certain period of time does however have benefits
Imagine youre working long hours and fasting.. When you reached home.. You just wanna break fast asap and rest.. But instead getting screamed by your parents.. Scolding for getting some rest - expects you to perform Salah and do all the Salah that I missed during the day. Getting hurled about hellfire and stuffs.. And we had bad argument just because of that? Urgh. Life is getting more miserable each day.
Yeah man its really pathetic. Screaming, shouting and parents usually making a fuss about things that are just not real and in their imagination is like really insane. Like, literally nothing happened or it was just a really silly little problem, and here we get temper tantrums of a two year old in Muslim adults and our own parents. Other religions have a hell and a God too, but I don't think the other religions get their people as much crazy as Islam does.
It actually has very little to do with that and more about discipline. I love fasting during Ramadan. You're nutrition just needs to be on point. A lot of Muslims overeat, break their fast oily, fatty foods and so that makes them feel very lazy.
The more I learn about Ramadan, the more it seems to me that Islam took the concept of fasting and turned it on it’s head and took all the virtue out of it.
Its not Islam which did it, it is Muslims who do it. They can make it pleasant experience for themselves and others around them, but rather they get caught in unreasonable practices and make it difficult for others in many cases and thus defaming a religion
I have a friend who quietly left Islam, and just stop practising and during Ramadan Musilms would always ask him why he wasn't fasting, and he would use his real medical issues as a justification for not fasting.
I’ve been looking into Islam lately and the one problem i have with the religion is how most followers try to use a “one size fits all” viewpoint. If you don’t follow their viewpoint of the religion, they will quickly say you’re not a real Muslim. I’m currently attempting Ramadan on my own viewpoint
You're so correct in your assessment of the effects of Ramadhan. In the years I was married to a muslim man Ramadhan was such an expensive month! It messed up my household budget and was way costlier than Christmas or other celebrations.
I see nothing wrong with fasting if it's your choice , if you are forced to do it , it's of no value. God gave man free will. It only has value if you freely choose to do it.
@@sherkog Muslims who are not excused from fasting for health or similar reasons are indeed required to fast. Not true to suggest otherwise. Fasting is one of the pillars of Islam.
@@laurameszaros9547 there are a lot of requirements in Islam but whether or not we follow them is always a choice, yes we will be sinned, but it is still a choice
God did not give us free will , we don't have free will all our actions are a combination of genetics and life experience . We did not choose to be born and we do not have a choice in how we are raised . And the decisions we make are based on how our genetics react to our environment and how we are raised . Their is no free will in that , listen to the debate on rationality rules YT .
I call it the cursed month. I have never ever seen Barkah in it and most major life problems and heartaches happened to me in it and they always claim it's solely my fault as if I'm the one who control the whole universe.
@@fpcoleman57 Always associate yourself with free people. If you were unlucky then sorry bro, this is the life. I have known tons of Muslims and all fast for the sake of Allah. Peace be upon you.
@@sherkog Thank you for your response. You are fortunate to be surrounded by so many true believers. Unfortunately most of the Muslims I encounter (definitely NOT ALL!!!) are hypocrites and just pretend in front of others. Ramadan Mubarak!
@@fpcoleman57 Where do you meet these, at the bar? Many Muslims might not pray or miss prayers but all fast. I do not like fasting btw but I do it because I want to please Allah and actually, I fix my weight in Ramadan loool. NOW, the funny stuff is that many of them become very lazy not because of fasting but because of what they eat at night, too much food is wasted .
I have alway wondered how sick people in hospitals are taken care of during Ramadan in Muslim countries. The doctors and nurses can't work properly because they are so hungry and thirsty. This risks the lives of the patients because the hospitals can't function. Also, there is such a huge difference between Christian and Muslim fasting that I have noticed. Christians only eat simple food and eat less. Muslims starve during the day and do binge eating at night.
for fasting, Christians will typically reduce food eaten or stay away from certain foods e.g. meat on Fridays or Wednesday. Christian fasting is about feeling hunger, but not depriving yourself of essentials to the body in order to function. allahs fasting is about torture and extremism.
@@sherkog I have friends and family that has worked with Muslims during Ramadan here in the West. They say that their Muslim co-workers get less productive and become worse at their job during that time. One Muslim almost fainted because of hunger at work. My question is, do Muslims in Muslim majority countries really risk the lives of patients in hospitals by becoming tired from fasting? Or do they only do this in Western countries where they can dump their work on their non-Muslim co-workers?
@@LordEsel88 I work like before. Of course in Ramadan your productivity will go down after 3-5pm, in the morning you should be ok. many Muslims -unfortunately- eat too much during Ramadan and that is why get tired. In Muslim country, it depends on the individual. Some people work normally and many work less. So, I agree with you, BUT, you must break your fast if can't, Allah says: "and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction"
Eating at night instead of the day is contraindicated for humans. It messes with our circadian rhythm. We are most insulin sensitive around 3pm. Waking up in the middle of the night to eat is even more ludicrous.
@@big662 no u arent supposed to eat a large meal, its just culture that come in and throw all these foods in your face. The focus of the fast isnt on the food, but rather the spiritual connection to Allah and the Quran
@@rajinhossain5742 the real fasting was not meant as regular practice. Fasting has a specific goal and it requires TOTALLY not touching all "flesh" desires. The fast of Esther, for instance, which not permitting for eating and drinking for 3 days. What you are doing is pushing this rule to everyone and deteriorate their body health
There is a little problem with ramadan, Quran 2:187 tells muslims to fast from sunrise to sunset during ramadan. There are over 100 Million square kilometres of planet earth that can go weeks and even months without a sunrise or sunset during ramadan, which makes this verse impossible to obey in many places.
@@MohammedMuhiUddin USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Jan Mayen, Finland, Russia, Antarctica, Northern pole. There was a fatwa written in recent times where Muslim leaders realised this mistake in the Quran, and told Muslims in these parts of the world to use Mecca sunrise/sunset instead. Very embarrassing. Did you also know alcohol is not from Satan as the Quran says, but actually part of nature's fermentation process, one of the most natural on earth. Amazing scientific stuff.
Funny how Allah, who literally created the world that way, didn't think to tell Muhammad to instruct people on how to fast in those situations. We shouldn't need fatwas written well after Muhammad's death when Muhammad could've easily said "There are parts of the earth where sunrise/set is more complicated, so here's how you fast if you are in those ares..."
@@MohammedMuhiUddin Dude, the earth is tilted on it's axis and as it revolves around the sun, the tilt between the North pole and South Pole and the earth revolving around the Sun (over 1 year) gives us the 4 seasons...and varying daylight times. Not noticeable at the equator but places as mentioned above it will be noticeable. People were not so smart 1400 years ago.
You know what I find hilarious, and almost insulting (to their god). When there's a video where someone who's near-death accepts Islam and people in the comments are like Alhamdulillah! He will go to heaven now! Oh wow.... this person, who never even touched a single pillar of Islam got a free pass to heaven, just for saying the Shahadah before his death.. how fair is that to those devoted Muslims who dedicated their entire life for Islam? Also, can it really be that an almighty wise god can be swayed so easily like that?
It is because in islam god forgives sins that were made before somebody becomes a muslim unless those sins were harming somebody else then that person has to forgive you also it isnt just I'm dying now might as well say the shahada. The person has to truly believe that islam was the right path and regret that he didnt see it until his death otherwise he isnt a Muslim saying the shahada doesnt make you a muslim your faith does.
And that isnt unfair to other muslims they will be rewarded for their good deeds and another man becoming a muslim or going to heaven won't affect that.
@@youssefahmed1006 So let's see... some heavy sinner who robbed and raped had a change of heart and truly accepted Islam will have all of those sins erased and go to heaven... what about a Muslim who followed Islam his entire life but once robbed and murdered a person? Does he also go to heaven?
@@IvanSensei88 what Is meant by that is sins that didnt hurt anybody else like maybe drugs those can be forgiven if you had a true change of heart but any sin towards any human as hurtind physically or mentally have to be forgiven by the person
@@IvanSensei88 and of course not islam says he who has killed a soul unjustly it is a s if he has killed a part of humanity and he who has saved an innocent soul he has saved a part of humanit. The translation might be off because english is not my first language but the idea is clear so no murder obviously isnt forgiven I dont understand how you can think a religion can allow murder
This is my first Ramadan as ex Muslim. Thankfully not having to pretend to fast around family as they’re aware I’m not Muslim. Although I almost got triggered when my mum saw me eat and asked if I’ve paid fidya (jokingly I presume) 😂
Ex muslim here. And I also happen to love fasting. Though, my fasting routines extend sometimes from 48 hrs to 72hrs...even 120 hours. Also, I do consume water or salt water for the electrolytes (in conjunction with an aggressive workout regime) When Ramadan rolled in, I'd tell family that I'll be having iftar in a few days and they'd freak out 😆 Screw Ramadan. Love fasting. Peace.
@@mansoorwahab8934 Awesome stuff. I'm quite fortunate in the sense that I probably have coffee twice a year. All the best dealing with the withdrawals!
I remember the first time I fasted I fainted and everyone praised me for it. They also bullied pregnant women, those with medical issues, or ones with eating disorders about why they weren't fasting.
So true. I hate it when Muslims tell non-Muslims that Islam is so reasonable, it would never ask pregnant ppl to fast but then most fiqh schools disagree and so many, many Muslims keep pressuring ppl behind the scenes that they otherwise claimed were not obliged to fast in the first place! So infuriating.
I remember two incidents where my muslim friends passed out while they were fasting during Ramadan with fatigue and dehydration. This is pure stupidity.
In my opinion ramadaan was relevant to desert conditions. It was i believe meant to conserve water and food because of desert conditions which are prevelant. The land is barren and people need water and food in order to survive.
I have had enough. I have not fasted for the last 3 years. I always make an excuse due to health reasons. My muslim work colleagues are skeptical of me but at least I have an excuse but am tired of having always justify a reason for not fasting
What was " selective" fasting for a few days in other religions of the time ( with many exemptions like drinking water) with possible health benefits, Islam scaled it up into an absurdly dogmatic , rigid fasting marathon for 30 days with no regard to health and well being of people.
If in those religions people fasted for those consecutive days but did not break the fast at dusk then it makes sense why water was allowed. People need water every day to survive.
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Some Muslim apologist uploaded a video saying that a Japanese scientist won the Nobel prize by researching on islamic fasting. The Muslims in the comment section went crazy🤦🏼♀️
@thakkumikku this scientist worked on yeast or fungus. If the yeast were deprived of nutrients then something happened inside its cells which was beneficial. But yeast don’t do fasting. This apologist tried to deceive by associating this mechanism called autophagy with Ramadan fasting.
@@sherkog maybe it is just me but I can't eat a big breakfast and you need atleast 2000 calories a day. By dinner I had no energy for it especially without water throughout the day.
As a Christian this is so interesting to me and I know you're not lying. We're asked to fast only two days a year although everyone is encouraged to fast in other occasions as a personal choice, not forced. Also, the Christian fasting is skipping two meals, making it 24 hours without eating (so if I have dinner today I don't eat until dinner the next day skipping breakfast and lunch) and you can drink water since water is not food.
I remember a Monk told me 50 years ago, pre-Vatican2, the Lenten fast at the Cicterian Monastery was adjusted to the ability of the individual monk. The monk told me he had a small frame and the fast was severe, so the Abbott ordered him to eat a chocolate bar in the afternoon.
It's how I've done it for years. Not on chocolate bars but by foregoing all cookies, sweets, sodas and sugary drinks and sticking to sober meals, water and unsweetened coffee and tea. It was the best I could do to make it till the end.
From a health standpoint, ramadan "fasting" is complete and utter nonsense. Like you mentioned: Not being allowed to drink anything during the day time, especially in *hot* countries, is *very* unhealthy, it is even dangerous. Especially for people who work. You need to stay hydrated. In addition, at night, when you are allowed to eat and drink again, your metabolism slows down, your digestive system doesn`t work as properly as during the day. In other words: Fasting at day time means torture for your health and your body, feasting at night does the same because your food is processed badly. I have nothing to say against intermittent fasting, it can be very healthy. Religious fasting is Bullshit. It means nothing but following orders and rules which make NO sense.
I used to fast during summer and it was hell. I couldn't do it at all. I missed almost all the fast and at that time I also had an eating disorder. Almost fainted a couple of times and decided if I don't want to die I won't do this stupid fast. We can't even drink water smh
Muslims in non-Muslim countries might have it a bit easier especially if they live alone or their family isn't that too strict. When I was in college I had a Muslim friend. We used to workout together and after that eat. Now at one point Ramadan came, so after workout we would eat as usual. So we asked him, "It's Ramadan. Aren't you fasting?" He just replied, "Who cares? I eat because I'm hungry." lol
As an ex muslim I really enjoy a nice cold beer with smoked pork ribs. To be honest, during my time as a muslim I used to indulge in pigs meat when traveling abroad.
I am fasting since my childhood and I don’t have any problem with it (also running around 5km everyday). Ramadan is not only something that stop you from eating and drinking. It brings lot of discipline in life. It is so sad as a young man you cannot even control yourself.
I was a swimmer and I won a championship I only brake the fast on the month day it was the 20s day of ramdan if you have to east to control your felling or you have to eat to not get anngry on family than you have a problem or you are too weak
@@prolgbt_exmuslim7976 no I don’t feel hungry or thirsty me any my family fasts and I feel none my dad is a doctor he is working in covid non stop and he is fasting my mom is a teacher sh is fasting. I play sports and go to the gym while fasting I don’t feel tired maybe you do but I don’t I also wake up from 5 to 7 and the Alan is at 8
@@prolgbt_exmuslim7976 and he made a bad point on when people brake their fast we eat like animals me any my family we drink soup and chicken rice and it is not Sunni to eat like an animal after iftar . Which country are you from born or raised
When my husband worked in a Muslim country, he used to fast during Ramadan, though he didn't have to as food was provided for the many non-Muslim workers in the compound. But while he fasted all through his 12-hr , 7 days-a week shift, his Muslim co-workers stayed home and slept through most of it. He always told me that it was all a sham. And it's true about gaining weight by the end of it. There was so much feasting, especially with delicious sweet treats, that he used to gain weight, and at least he was still working his shift - imagine the others who did nothing else but sleep and feast.
I have worked in schools with kids as young as 10 fasting. Students fasting through exams. Pregnant women, people taking meds. I have also seen people taking the whole month off so they can sleep all day and stay awake at night. Then there’s the grumpy bs that causes Muslims to spend their time bitching and judging others - saying really negative things, thinking horrific thoughts and thinking their fast is clean. Then the glutinous feasts in a time when the whole month is supposed to be a time thinking of those more needy. Women spending the whole day cooking up a treat for everyone. It’s fucking embarrassing! Glad I’m out of it!
Omg those pregnant women and people on meds should be more careful and not fast. Like if Allah does exist He woudn’t want His creation to be in pain right?
@@ysaviationtrains2313 typical you of making that comment when you know nothing of the Muslim community around the world. An asylum center in Germany went up complete flames, all the refugees had to be evacuated. Why you may ask? Disagreements and fights broke out because they couldn’t agree when to open the fast doing Ramadan - Sh*t was set on fire.
@@ic.xc. Is that your justification? I have been fasting since I was going to Primary school. I continued the day normally. Even up to now I don't have any problems, I only just feel slight thirst and hunger. Abdullah Sameer needs to toughen up and get a grip on life instead of being feeble with his excuses.
Something not mentioned: Women have to hide the fact that they aren't fasting in front of men when we are on our periods. I get yelled at by my parents if my brothers catch me trying to drink tea, eat food, or have a Tylenol/pain killers. Got in trouble for asking my parents where it says in the Quran or Hadiths that women need to hide the fact that they can eat during Ramadan on their periods. It's crazy.
Your biorhythm, your digestive system slows down at night, it is not smart or healthy to fill your stomach that late and the food doesn`t get processed properly.
That's true.. Ramadhan Fasting is just shifting eating & sleeping time: from eating in day to night, from sleeping in night to day. On top of that more food are wasted! And more weight gained! 🤣
Thank you for this Abdullah Sameer! Ugh! I have to go through this once again. I have to life off hidden PB sandwiches and energy drinks for a month now.
Ramadan gives you false hope of experiencing anything spiritual be it fasting, taraweeh or tahajud. You can keep deluding yourself that theres something but after finally realizing the truth, i'm glad i can move on and focus on reality and never look back at this irrationality.
What many Muslims need to realize is that having a wish to do it is the most important part of any religious act, be it prayer or fasting. When someone does not wish to do it, than it's useless even from religious point of view
Great points made, as ever. I'm a convinced intermittent faster, put my Diabetes 2 into remission with it, but it's very important to drink plenty of water throughout a fast if it is to be effective and successful. Most of the Intermittent Fasting support groups will ban anyone who advocates dry fasting because there are real health risks connected with it. Muslims will abstain from food and drink for around 18 hours during Ramadan and so forth, but autophagy, the body's natural repair on the cellular level as a result of fasting, starts to kick in at around 20 hours. Having done it regularly for many years now I can easily fast for two periods of 36 hours each week, which it wouldn't be possible to do safely without water. So yes, fasting is great and healthy. Lots of good support for sensible intermittent fasting now, but dry fasting definitely a bad idea, and you'll be blocked from most IF groups on social media if you try to plug it.
You dont starve them it's just a few hours and it isnt even that hard some times I do it not meaning to in a normal day when I'm just too lazy to get food now or focusing on something like an exam and kids dont have to do it
The main problem is just the water. Jews, Christians and Hindus fast in some way or another but they're allowed to have water. We aren't meant to go many hours without water, being hungry for a month a year is probably good for most people anyway
I went to Morocco during Ramadan and I am not doing that ever again!! People were obviously on edge and we got harassed and felt unsafe in one instance. Went back a few years later (not in Ramadan) and got none of that, people were A LOT more relaxed and we were too ☺️
Islam is primary known for is constant technical difficulties that people facing trying to impose on themselves it's rulings. It seems that the most of the time in the life of a muslim is spent on solving puzzles basically. 😂
Have you read Quran before judging? what are the difficulties? I find it very easy to follow Islam, yes, there are some challenges but they are easy to deal with.
Less frustration would be among the Muslims during Ramadan if they knew that Ramadan is on September/October (as its name suggests) because ignorants stopped adding the Leap Month every 3 years of the lunar Calendar. Muhammad didn’t fast all year around. It was in the Ramda (first rains on hot ground: end of summer) . What a shame when the months have specific season-related names ! :)
True story here I used to get so angry how I had to fast so one night I was eating wendys alone in their parking lot near midnight and just thinking about Ramadan got me in so much rage I opened my car door got out my car and threw my cheeseburger on the ground as hard as I possibly could my arm literally was in pain after that cus I over extended it.
Since you said you are a truthseeker. Allah charges no soul except to its capacity. He does not have to fast bro. Because fasting is only when you are at your residence. If you travel you do have to fast. If you are sick then no fasting. Easy and simple.
@@sherkog i mean someone who claimed fly to the space going above 7 sky, but not aware of how night and day mechanism, even said sun goes to muddy spring when night, star as missile... Greeks scientist hundred years before know have better astronomy understanding even not claimed have fly to the sky nor claimed as god messenger..
@@truthseeker3219 Absolutely agree with you. If I tell you now that I flied to Paris in 4 hours ? would you believe me? maybe yes, because we know that is possible but if we asked someone 1400 years ago then will see it's a lie. My point here is: Nothing is impossible, I actually see the complexity of our human body is more difficult to believe than someone flying 7 skies but I believed it because we know now. Anything is possible if you know the know how.
Hello Abdullah Sameer, I'm a Catholic and I love your videos sharing your experience.. I notice this year 2021 muslim Ramadan looks unusual fasting.. Fasting must be [ofc] must not eat but instead ramadan 2021, they eat like there's no tomorrow.. They looks so voracious..
As muslim I've always loved ramadan even when was a child, my family has never forced anyone, we have ways of easing kids into it, but no one has to its choice, completely understand others being forced and unhappy then you shouldnt do it that is unfair it's your own choice at the end 👍🏻fasting whilst pregnant is bad no matter how healthy you are it's very unhealthy for growing fetus baby comes first
@@damiandepolonia6348 yes we are rare even me as muslim I get threatened by other muslims and insulted because I don't agree with everything islam teaches and only follow what I feel is nice otherwise I don't agree with most of it
You have to understand that social pressure can be too much for some people. If you live with your Muslim family in a Muslim country where you're expected to behave a certain way then it's hardly an option and more like a necessity out of pure self-preservation.
@@hullie7529 yes I can imagine it's really hard. I wish there is authentic religious freedom all over the world. I wish you all the best guys hoping that younger generation will be more open minded. People should always have an option to choose as we are granted free will.
Spending quality time with your family is an ibadah...working to provide for yourself or for others is an ibadah... Eating healthy, resting is an ibadah too... It doesn't say that you should focus more on certain parts of ibadah... But rather doing even a little of it could reward you a thousand times than doing it in other months... Its a blessing... Allah wants us to go to jannah but it's us that aren't willing to do even the bare minimum to achieve that...and i have siblings that can't fast because of their conditions... Allah doesn't burden a soul with more than it can bear... So those ppl in those conditions that won't allow them to fast will not be forced to fast... There will always be ppl that will mock them for not fasting but its those ppl that fail to follow Islam, them taunting ppl for not fasting has nothing to do with Islam... But rather the character and thoughts of those ppl themselves
I sometimes wonder do Muslims actually read the Quran''s (there's not one perserved Quran as Muslims are led to believe) ? Do they actually read the Hadiths ? And actually acknowledge what's written in them ? I've looked into these books out of curiosity, interest, history and relgion,. I can honestly say I can't see any evidence of a higher intelligence in these books...In fact it's quite the opposite!
Also most Muslims worldwide don’t speak or understand Arabic. Most Muslims that I ever knew (mostly of Turkish decent) knew only how to read out loud without understanding it. You could have let them read Abu Nuwas‘ poems and they’d still be like: wow subhanallah, Mashallah, so magical, it must be from God lol
@@natalikronwald6177 not true these are few countries most countries speak arabic well enough to understand most of the Quran. Most of it because some of it has hard vocabulary and sentence structure even for more fluent people
In my village they make loud noise go around the village to wake up all people to do "sahur" at 03.00 in the morning. I could not sleep well during Ramadan in my village. Intermittent fasting I like it verymuch, I do OMAD
I don't see the problem, bing eating at night can hardly be called a fast. Think of those who work nights shifts and eat during night hours, are they doing Ramadan 365 days a year?
Ramadan is good for fnb business. It's a food festival. some even take a whole month off of work to sell food and they make a fortune. While fasting should make people eat less, yet we see people buy more food and create a huge market for foodstuffs during ramadan
I became an Ex-cult at ramadan last year, when I realized that this cult doesn't really fit for a normal human that can't stay still at prayer, because of respiratory allergies.
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I'm a non-Muslim who once fasted every day of Ramadan -- only out of curiosity to see what it was like, not from any belief in religion. Going without water was the really hard part, although mainly in the last three hours or so before sunset. I had to keep my mind off water and the much-too-slowly-moving clock, and the best way to do that was to curl up and sleep or rest while listening to music. He's right that the fast encourages laziness. It didn't make me feel "spiritual" in any way. Every day i would break the fast by first drinking glass after glass of water and then i'd eat too much because someone was giving me all the free food I could eat. It was just a personal endurance test.
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understand the purpose of fasting, why do Muslims fast? it's not just about drinking and eating!! what you did is just fasting without food and water there was no element of any spirituality or praying involved.
@@kalidito9466 Ramadam islamic fasting is absurd because you just switch the night with the day. This is not fasting. To abstain from food and water in the day time but fill up your stomachin the night. Everything is nonsence.
@@BS-bo1zh many gain weight in ramadan
It’s just flipped schedule. They eat at night. It’s not like they don’t eat for a month.
My family are still Muslim and still fast, and oh my god do we waste so much food during ramadan. My parents cook on an empty stomach and overestimate how much we'll eat. We'd throw out more than we actually eat. This teaches the exact opposite of 'feeling what people with no food feel' since we're wasting more than usual.
So, till your family to stop wasting food bro.
@@sherkog I try, but my parents just get upset and say not to disrespect them, even though I'm trying to save food and money for them 🙄
@@caseh4235 Great and you have a good heart. I know when you leave your religion you will get some heat and that is normal. I fast and I am happily a Muslim, but if I left Islam and have to fast for my parents or if I am scared of being kicked out then that is also a smart decision, when you have your own place then enjoy eating :)
@@sherkog Nah I'm no longer a Muslim, but my parents don't know that because I don't want to cause them the pain of knowing I'm not a Muslim, and plus, I'll definitely be kicked out of my house and my parents at least definitely won't even talk to me
@@caseh4235 I think that is a smart strategic move. Some people will just confront either entering Islam or leaving Islam and that is not very smart. Non-Muslims are more tolerant of accepting and I admit that. So, what religion did you pick and are you a born Muslim?
It's hard af as an undercover ex muslim trying to fake fast
I feel ya bro, same story with me all the way in South Africa
@@safwaan8311 I’m from South Africa too. The struggle is real , especially when you’re only 19 and you live with a religious family.
@@harshtiwari7503It's not always as easy as you might think, but yeah we can do that but it becomes tiring after a while
@@scoovadia9452 Eish bro yeah that's a tough one, so you're probably forced to taraweeh during ramadaan as well.... It's a pity we have to be afraid to be ourselves around family, facing the same dilemma
@@safwaan8311 it irratates me so much. And yes, I'm forced to go for Taraweeh. Apart from hiding the fact that I'm no longer a Muslim, I also have to hide the fact that I'm gay. What a life... 💀
Ramadan sounds more like feasting time at night than fasting. Hypocrisy. What a religion.
It is.
The best fast is the once a week 36 hour "monk fast". This is what I do every weekend! Feels amazing afterwards! 🫡🫵
Instead of sleeping, most of my muslim friends tried to pass the hours by gaming or binge-watching movies/tv-series. I think it’s the same as sleeping actually, since they didn’t do anything at all, and they just try to distract themselves from the hunger & feed on their laziness.
Oddly you cant do that stuff in ramadan...
You know young Muslims are still learning and you we have too many stories. Fasting is between you and Allah. I hate fasting but I fast for Allah and happy to do so.
@CHEANG HAN BIN Moe Who forces anyone to fast or even become a Muslim? Trust me, you can be a Muslim and leave it and you are free. If you became a Muslim or come to Muslim country there are some laws that you need to respect. Like: if you drive without a license even if you are a perfect driver police can put you in jail because you came to this country and you should respect their law.
@CHEANG HAN BIN Moe So, we are talking about a specific country that is practicing a specific action. I was in Saudi Arabia and know their rules, if you are non-Muslim you can eat and drink ok. If you are a Muslim then you can not eat in public. Rules. Just like if play soccer you have to obey Fifa's rules bud.
@@sherkog how can you be free if you live with your Muslim family?
Yes that is true. Some place in my country, especially where I live, we can't eat in public, the stalls and restaurant are closed, We have to respect those who fast. The purpose of fasting should be to refrain from temptation, but all temptations were deliberately eliminated, even in some areas, stalls that open were forcibly closed.
Yeah that's a sad reality in Indonesia, people here can't respect anyone from minority groups who don't share their beliefs and it sucks, why non muslim need to respect people who fasting?, that's a load of bullshit (I'm an ex-muslim from Indonesia so I feel your struggle)
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@@gollamadish7805 The whole concept of being disrespectful just by eating if you don't share those beliefs is bogus. Both Christians and Jews also fast, but I guess Muslims in your country don't think they're being disrespectful just by eating when others choose not to.
@@gollamadish7805 when muslims are minority they cry and complain and eventually get what they want but if you are in muslim majority country you voice is non existent.
Imam Syafie said: "I was able to argue with 10 knowledgeable people but I would have lost to an ignorant person, because the ignorant person never understood the foundation of knowledge".
Imam Syafi'I said: "When fools invite you to debate, then the best attitude is silence."
As an ex Muslim, it's so hard to pretend like I am fasting lol. I have terrible gastric issues which prevented me from fasting sometimes even when I was a Muslim. I remember getting straight up shamed for it, almost made to feel guilty for the fact I literally have a physical illness.
Cult of terror
Go eat at a friends house..Hell, I’d be happy to help out if you were my pal??..
The people around you were bad, you should've stopped fasting, gastric issues are a valid excuse and you don't need to fast in sickness..
@@loyalandthatstrue Exactly🤲🏾
How many rakaat in wudhu? 😂
Not drinking water is not healthy
Dry fasting has benefit. Look it up.
@@heyjohnitsguys5804 there is literally no benefits of abstaining from water. Abstaining from food for a certain period of time does however have benefits
@@heyjohnitsguys5804 literally no benefits and is just something made up to save food 🤣🤣
@@hhfbko dry fasting has benefits to curing certain diseases that water fasting can't achieve
@@heyjohnitsguys5804 Dry fasting is a very disputed subject.
Imagine youre working long hours and fasting.. When you reached home.. You just wanna break fast asap and rest.. But instead getting screamed by your parents.. Scolding for getting some rest - expects you to perform Salah and do all the Salah that I missed during the day. Getting hurled about hellfire and stuffs.. And we had bad argument just because of that? Urgh. Life is getting more miserable each day.
Yeah man its really pathetic. Screaming, shouting and parents usually making a fuss about things that are just not real and in their imagination is like really insane. Like, literally nothing happened or it was just a really silly little problem, and here we get temper tantrums of a two year old in Muslim adults and our own parents.
Other religions have a hell and a God too, but I don't think the other religions get their people as much crazy as Islam does.
@@huzaifa5926 You don't happen to be a guy living in the UK playing Warzone back in 2019 do you? :PP
He'll is a million times worse than that simple stuff u just mentioned
All that stuff FAILEDDDD in comparison to the agony of HELLL
@@huzaifa5926 don't blame the religion blame the parents on wrongly potray9ng the beauty of Ramadhan
@@jefry8393 yeah beauty, nothing but ridiculousness
I'm so glad someone called out the "it makes you sympathize with poor people" thing. Please.
The purpose of Fasting is to obey Allah. You can disagree with that. Peace be upon you.
@@sherkog What evidence do you have to prove that ALLAH exist let it rip keyboard warrior
It actually has very little to do with that and more about discipline. I love fasting during Ramadan. You're nutrition just needs to be on point. A lot of Muslims overeat, break their fast oily, fatty foods and so that makes them feel very lazy.
The more I learn about Ramadan, the more it seems to me that Islam took the concept of fasting and turned it on it’s head and took all the virtue out of it.
Stolen from pagans google harranian fasting or read ibn al nadim book.
Christian , Jews and Muslims all stole this "ideology" from religions before them and named it fancy
@@zuboy4272 who made fasting pagan and what pagan societies practiced fasting
Its not Islam which did it, it is Muslims who do it. They can make it pleasant experience for themselves and others around them, but rather they get caught in unreasonable practices and make it difficult for others in many cases and thus defaming a religion
You are clearly having issues with your brain when was the 'concept of fasting' created?
I have a friend who quietly left Islam, and just stop practising and during Ramadan Musilms would always ask him why he wasn't fasting, and he would use his real medical issues as a justification for not fasting.
I’ve been looking into Islam lately and the one problem i have with the religion is how most followers try to use a “one size fits all” viewpoint. If you don’t follow their viewpoint of the religion, they will quickly say you’re not a real Muslim. I’m currently attempting Ramadan on my own viewpoint
Don't pay those people anymind. And don't let those people discourage you. It's between you and Allah 🤲🏾
No. Its btw you and your bread and wine
@@ensley97
You're so correct in your assessment of the effects of Ramadhan.
In the years I was married to a muslim man Ramadhan was such an expensive month! It messed up my household budget and was way costlier than Christmas or other celebrations.
Why did you leave him?
@@mental9453
Because he was emotionally unavailable.
@@DutchJoan such surprise.
I see nothing wrong with fasting if it's your choice , if you are forced to do it , it's of no value. God gave man free will. It only has value if you freely choose to do it.
Who said that. no one is forced to fast. It's free Allah charges no soul except to its capacity.
@@sherkog Muslims who are not excused from fasting for health or similar reasons are indeed required to fast. Not true to suggest otherwise. Fasting is one of the pillars of Islam.
@@laurameszaros9547 there are a lot of requirements in Islam but whether or not we follow them is always a choice, yes we will be sinned, but it is still a choice
God did not give us free will , we don't have free will all our actions are a combination of genetics and life experience . We did not choose to be born and we do not have a choice in how we are raised . And the decisions we make are based on how our genetics react to our environment and how we are raised . Their is no free will in that , listen to the debate on rationality rules YT .
@@romanbrandle319 Keep wanking bro.
I call it the cursed month. I have never ever seen Barkah in it and most major life problems and heartaches happened to me in it and they always claim it's solely my fault as if I'm the one who control the whole universe.
Thank you for the insider view.
I have never been a Muslim or lived in a Muslim majority culture.
This was very educational.
Frank, it's not an insider 180 view. He can eat or drink. Fasting is for Allah and not for ex-M.
@@sherkog
From what I've seen around me Muslims don't fast for Allah. Most of them do it to please other Muslims.
@@fpcoleman57 Always associate yourself with free people. If you were unlucky then sorry bro, this is the life. I have known tons of Muslims and all fast for the sake of Allah. Peace be upon you.
@@sherkog
Thank you for your response. You are fortunate to be surrounded by so many true believers. Unfortunately most of the Muslims I encounter (definitely NOT ALL!!!) are hypocrites and just pretend in front of others.
Ramadan Mubarak!
@@fpcoleman57 Where do you meet these, at the bar? Many Muslims might not pray or miss prayers but all fast. I do not like fasting btw but I do it because I want to please Allah and actually, I fix my weight in Ramadan loool.
NOW, the funny stuff is that many of them become very lazy not because of fasting but because of what they eat at night, too much food is wasted .
I have alway wondered how sick people in hospitals are taken care of during Ramadan in Muslim countries. The doctors and nurses can't work properly because they are so hungry and thirsty. This risks the lives of the patients because the hospitals can't function.
Also, there is such a huge difference between Christian and Muslim fasting that I have noticed. Christians only eat simple food and eat less. Muslims starve during the day and do binge eating at night.
No drinking water is very unhealthy
for fasting, Christians will typically reduce food eaten or stay away from certain foods e.g. meat on Fridays or Wednesday. Christian fasting is about feeling hunger, but not depriving yourself of essentials to the body in order to function. allahs fasting is about torture and extremism.
That is not true. When fasting your energy goes down actually after 5pm most likely and in the morning i am sure you are ok.
@@sherkog I have friends and family that has worked with Muslims during Ramadan here in the West. They say that their Muslim co-workers get less productive and become worse at their job during that time. One Muslim almost fainted because of hunger at work.
My question is, do Muslims in Muslim majority countries really risk the lives of patients in hospitals by becoming tired from fasting? Or do they only do this in Western countries where they can dump their work on their non-Muslim co-workers?
@@LordEsel88 I work like before. Of course in Ramadan your productivity will go down after 3-5pm, in the morning you should be ok. many Muslims -unfortunately- eat too much during Ramadan and that is why get tired. In Muslim country, it depends on the individual. Some people work normally and many work less. So, I agree with you, BUT, you must break your fast if can't, Allah says: "and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction"
My favorite thing to eat during Ramadan is pepperoni pizza 🍕
Don't forget to wash it down with a good beer, you have to drink fluids!
@@theastronomer5800 may God guide you
@FAKE VIRUS BREWERIES may God guide you ya kafar
@@Divinebro69 if God exited he could easily make pork not delicious
Watch out we got a badass lol 😅😅😅
Eating at night instead of the day is contraindicated for humans. It messes with our circadian rhythm. We are most insulin sensitive around 3pm. Waking up in the middle of the night to eat is even more ludicrous.
Exactly!! According to the schedule I’m suppose to wake up at 5:00 am and eat a large meal!! That’s impossible and unhealthy
@@big662 no u arent supposed to eat a large meal, its just culture that come in and throw all these foods in your face. The focus of the fast isnt on the food, but rather the spiritual connection to Allah and the Quran
Exactly Yes!
@@rajinhossain5742 the real fasting was not meant as regular practice. Fasting has a specific goal and it requires TOTALLY not touching all "flesh" desires. The fast of Esther, for instance, which not permitting for eating and drinking for 3 days. What you are doing is pushing this rule to everyone and deteriorate their body health
There is a little problem with ramadan, Quran 2:187 tells muslims to fast from sunrise to sunset during ramadan. There are over 100 Million square kilometres of planet earth that can go weeks and even months without a sunrise or sunset during ramadan, which makes this verse impossible to obey in many places.
Whats the name of that place?
@@MohammedMuhiUddin USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Jan Mayen, Finland, Russia, Antarctica, Northern pole.
There was a fatwa written in recent times where Muslim leaders realised this mistake in the Quran, and told Muslims in these parts of the world to use Mecca sunrise/sunset instead.
Very embarrassing.
Did you also know alcohol is not from Satan as the Quran says, but actually part of nature's fermentation process, one of the most natural on earth. Amazing scientific stuff.
Funny how Allah, who literally created the world that way, didn't think to tell Muhammad to instruct people on how to fast in those situations. We shouldn't need fatwas written well after Muhammad's death when Muhammad could've easily said "There are parts of the earth where sunrise/set is more complicated, so here's how you fast if you are in those ares..."
@@MohammedMuhiUddin Dude, the earth is tilted on it's axis and as it revolves around the sun, the tilt between the North pole and South Pole and the earth revolving around the Sun (over 1 year) gives us the 4 seasons...and varying daylight times. Not noticeable at the equator but places as mentioned above it will be noticeable. People were not so smart 1400 years ago.
@@lahleholivia7398 you have it easier or harder on the place you live
You know what I find hilarious, and almost insulting (to their god).
When there's a video where someone who's near-death accepts Islam and people in the comments are like Alhamdulillah! He will go to heaven now!
Oh wow.... this person, who never even touched a single pillar of Islam got a free pass to heaven, just for saying the Shahadah before his death.. how fair is that to those devoted Muslims who dedicated their entire life for Islam? Also, can it really be that an almighty wise god can be swayed so easily like that?
It is because in islam god forgives sins that were made before somebody becomes a muslim unless those sins were harming somebody else then that person has to forgive you also it isnt just I'm dying now might as well say the shahada. The person has to truly believe that islam was the right path and regret that he didnt see it until his death otherwise he isnt a Muslim saying the shahada doesnt make you a muslim your faith does.
And that isnt unfair to other muslims they will be rewarded for their good deeds and another man becoming a muslim or going to heaven won't affect that.
@@youssefahmed1006 So let's see... some heavy sinner who robbed and raped had a change of heart and truly accepted Islam will have all of those sins erased and go to heaven... what about a Muslim who followed Islam his entire life but once robbed and murdered a person? Does he also go to heaven?
@@IvanSensei88 what Is meant by that is sins that didnt hurt anybody else like maybe drugs those can be forgiven if you had a true change of heart but any sin towards any human as hurtind physically or mentally have to be forgiven by the person
@@IvanSensei88 and of course not islam says he who has killed a soul unjustly it is a s if he has killed a part of humanity and he who has saved an innocent soul he has saved a part of humanit. The translation might be off because english is not my first language but the idea is clear so no murder obviously isnt forgiven I dont understand how you can think a religion can allow murder
This is my first Ramadan as ex Muslim. Thankfully not having to pretend to fast around family as they’re aware I’m not Muslim. Although I almost got triggered when my mum saw me eat and asked if I’ve paid fidya (jokingly I presume) 😂
Are you pakistani ?
@@BlueCheeseNoFleas No, Arab.
@@lyah273 if you dont mind me asking what kind north arab e.g. moroccan, algerian
Gulf, levant, or african
@@BlueCheeseNoFleas from arabian peninsula ie gulf
No worries bro. Enjoy your feast :)
Ex muslim here. And I also happen to love fasting. Though, my fasting routines extend sometimes from 48 hrs to 72hrs...even 120 hours. Also, I do consume water or salt water for the electrolytes (in conjunction with an aggressive workout regime)
When Ramadan rolled in, I'd tell family that I'll be having iftar in a few days and they'd freak out 😆
Screw Ramadan. Love fasting. Peace.
😄 screw Ramadan 😆
I do extended fasting too. My longest water fast was 96 hours. So Ramadan is easy for me except caffeine withdrawal which is a b*tch.
@@reddixblake7949 Aye lol
@@mansoorwahab8934 Awesome stuff.
I'm quite fortunate in the sense that I probably have coffee twice a year.
All the best dealing with the withdrawals!
This is called intermittent diet ,but required drinking .I could never fast like that
I lived in Egypt for 9yrs, when you mentioned fist-fighting in Ramadan it just made me laugh. Spot on! 😆
I remember the first time I fasted I fainted and everyone praised me for it. They also bullied pregnant women, those with medical issues, or ones with eating disorders about why they weren't fasting.
So true. I hate it when Muslims tell non-Muslims that Islam is so reasonable, it would never ask pregnant ppl to fast but then most fiqh schools disagree and so many, many Muslims keep pressuring ppl behind the scenes that they otherwise claimed were not obliged to fast in the first place! So infuriating.
Are you an ex convert?
@@ottopotatum5775 Yes.
You don't have to fast if you can't. It's clear. Just break your fast and enjoy your meal.
@leanne: laying without reason why though. Pregnant women, elderly, traveling people and sick people they don't have to fast. Understand 💩💩💩🤡 $tupid
I remember two incidents where my muslim friends passed out while they were fasting during Ramadan with fatigue and dehydration. This is pure stupidity.
They will say Allah will reward them more
That’s the thing though, for them it’s a form of jihad, it’s a sacrifice to purge your body for Allah, they’re proud to do that and be this way.
@@roheena1hussein Thank you FORE BEING nice and polite except this other guy who is just racist he will say anything to hurt a Muslims ☝️💗
Yes, its pure stupidity when they obviously did not eat and drink properly when they had time to.
2 out of 1.5 billions come on . you can pass out of eating food too.
In my opinion ramadaan was relevant to desert conditions. It was i believe meant to conserve water and food because of desert conditions which are prevelant. The land is barren and people need water and food in order to survive.
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As I'm still living with my family, I'm peer pressured into fasting this month.
Good luck this Ramadan everyone
Same
I have had enough. I have not fasted for the last 3 years. I always make an excuse due to health reasons. My muslim work colleagues are skeptical of me but at least I have an excuse but am tired of having always justify a reason for not fasting
Same here
How many rakaat in wudhu?
What was " selective" fasting for a few days in other religions of the time ( with many exemptions like drinking water) with possible health benefits, Islam scaled it up into an absurdly dogmatic , rigid fasting marathon for 30 days with no regard to health and well being of people.
If in those religions people fasted for those consecutive days but did not break the fast at dusk then it makes sense why water was allowed. People need water every day to survive.
I'm an exjw atheist from 🇬🇪😁 and I just wanted to let every apostate from any religion that ure not alone, they're are millions of people like you , you only feel alone Couse you haven't met them yet ;)
Yah
@skepticalmel You guys Ex-Jews, Ex-Christians, Ex-Muslims and Ex-Whatever need a SEAT at United Nations. And maybe a LAND with lots of Crude Oil. LOL!
@@IshaqIbrahim3 Lol
U again :D xd
JW and islam have so much in common. Thank you for your kind words 🥰
Some Muslim apologist uploaded a video saying that a Japanese scientist won the Nobel prize by researching on islamic fasting. The Muslims in the comment section went crazy🤦🏼♀️
He did?
@thakkumikku this scientist worked on yeast or fungus. If the yeast were deprived of nutrients then something happened inside its cells which was beneficial. But yeast don’t do fasting. This apologist tried to deceive by associating this mechanism called autophagy with Ramadan fasting.
I lost over 10 pounds and fainted several times from ramadan but now I can do it since I weigh more than 131
lool. Losing weight is good.
@@sherkog maybe it is just me but I can't eat a big breakfast and you need atleast 2000 calories a day. By dinner I had no energy for it especially without water throughout the day.
@@sherkog now ramadan would be beneficial for me. My genetics finally kicked in and I weigh 175
@@jamesc9853 I agree with you. I fast for the sake of Allah. If you can not fast do not fast. Easy.
@@jamesc9853 Well, good luck now. I am over-weighted and in Ramadan, I fix my weight. May Allah make it easy for all.
As a Christian this is so interesting to me and I know you're not lying. We're asked to fast only two days a year although everyone is encouraged to fast in other occasions as a personal choice, not forced. Also, the Christian fasting is skipping two meals, making it 24 hours without eating (so if I have dinner today I don't eat until dinner the next day skipping breakfast and lunch) and you can drink water since water is not food.
@Hulli e, I'm a Christian and we fast 40 days during Lent without food and water. It's not easy but I do it.
Are you convert church🎎🎏🧙🎅 or root charistains 🤨
@@yasminenazarine1629. Root Christian but I left Protestant Church to a non Protestant one.
I remember a Monk told me 50 years ago, pre-Vatican2, the Lenten fast at the Cicterian Monastery was adjusted to the ability of the individual monk. The monk told me he had a small frame and the fast was severe, so the Abbott ordered him to eat a chocolate bar in the afternoon.
It's how I've done it for years. Not on chocolate bars but by foregoing all cookies, sweets, sodas and sugary drinks and sticking to sober meals, water and unsweetened coffee and tea. It was the best I could do to make it till the end.
From a health standpoint, ramadan "fasting" is complete and utter nonsense.
Like you mentioned: Not being allowed to drink anything during the day time, especially in *hot* countries, is *very* unhealthy,
it is even dangerous. Especially for people who work. You need to stay hydrated.
In addition, at night, when you are allowed to eat and drink again, your metabolism slows down, your digestive system doesn`t work as properly as during the day.
In other words: Fasting at day time means torture for your health and your body, feasting at night does the same because your food is processed badly.
I have nothing to say against intermittent fasting, it can be very healthy. Religious fasting is Bullshit. It means nothing but following orders and rules which make NO sense.
I used to fast during summer and it was hell. I couldn't do it at all. I missed almost all the fast and at that time I also had an eating disorder. Almost fainted a couple of times and decided if I don't want to die I won't do this stupid fast. We can't even drink water smh
Actually there are benefits to fasting which have been proven by science
@@lottie496 did they mention it's including abstaining from water? There's a difference between intermittent fasting and a dry fast smh
@@kumarules118 yh, actually fasting Ramadan is also benefiting not only interim fasting
Shut up bc the only nonsense here is literally YOU. If ur not Muslim and u don’t have to fast Ramadan the. Why does it bother u
Intimidating a person to keep fast is also a sort of of forcing that person to fast.
I celebrate Ramadan with a bacon sandwich and a pint of cider.
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Scrumpy?
Brilliant and that comment sounds super British 😂.
@@razpootis5802
Aspalls.
watched first 18 seconds and even that was enough for me to know you have good point. and by the way what bread was that? it looked delicious
Cinnamon raisin bread
I looove this comment 😂💕
How about bagwaan and paaan??
Muslims in non-Muslim countries might have it a bit easier especially if they live alone or their family isn't that too strict. When I was in college I had a Muslim friend. We used to workout together and after that eat. Now at one point Ramadan came, so after workout we would eat as usual. So we asked him, "It's Ramadan. Aren't you fasting?" He just replied, "Who cares? I eat because I'm hungry." lol
As an ex muslim I really enjoy a nice cold beer with smoked pork ribs. To be honest, during my time as a muslim I used to indulge in pigs meat when traveling abroad.
HAH nice. just saw my turkish neighbours across the street order food at 6 o clock. So understandable.
That is due to Erdoğan's all new evening curfew, not due to Ramadan.
@@erkinalp long live Erdogan
@@thesceptilegod3581 long live Erdogan, long live Turkey! ☺️
Erdogan sounds like a damn demon's name lol
@@addy3164 so does yours
I am fasting since my childhood and I don’t have any problem with it (also running around 5km everyday). Ramadan is not only something that stop you from eating and drinking.
It brings lot of discipline in life.
It is so sad as a young man you cannot even control yourself.
Back when I was still a Muslim and I would fast, I was always angry and irritated and would always snap out at my close people, which honestly sucked.
I was a swimmer and I won a championship I only brake the fast on the month day it was the 20s day of ramdan if you have to east to control your felling or you have to eat to not get anngry on family than you have a problem or you are too weak
@@youseefmohammed3846 Not eating and drinking irritate everyone regardless of their strength. It's just common sense
@@prolgbt_exmuslim7976 no I don’t feel hungry or thirsty me any my family fasts and I feel none my dad is a doctor he is working in covid non stop and he is fasting my mom is a teacher sh is fasting. I play sports and go to the gym while fasting I don’t feel tired maybe you do but I don’t I also wake up from 5 to 7 and the Alan is at 8
@@prolgbt_exmuslim7976 and he made a bad point on when people brake their fast we eat like animals me any my family we drink soup and chicken rice and it is not Sunni to eat like an animal after iftar . Which country are you from born or raised
@@prolgbt_exmuslim7976 why did you leave Islam was it because you were part of the LGBT community
When my husband worked in a Muslim country, he used to fast during Ramadan, though he didn't have to as food was provided for the many non-Muslim workers in the compound. But while he fasted all through his 12-hr , 7 days-a week shift, his Muslim co-workers stayed home and slept through most of it. He always told me that it was all a sham. And it's true about gaining weight by the end of it. There was so much feasting, especially with delicious sweet treats, that he used to gain weight, and at least he was still working his shift - imagine the others who did nothing else but sleep and feast.
Good content. Very sensible analysis
Where is your turban?
I have worked in schools with kids as young as 10 fasting. Students fasting through exams. Pregnant women, people taking meds.
I have also seen people taking the whole month off so they can sleep all day and stay awake at night.
Then there’s the grumpy bs that causes Muslims to spend their time bitching and judging others - saying really negative things, thinking horrific thoughts and thinking their fast is clean.
Then the glutinous feasts in a time when the whole month is supposed to be a time thinking of those more needy.
Women spending the whole day cooking up a treat for everyone.
It’s fucking embarrassing!
Glad I’m out of it!
Lol you clearly don't know anything about Ramadan. Typical ex Muslims whinging with their pathetic excuses.
Glad you're free, good luck 🕊
Omg those pregnant women and people on meds should be more careful and not fast. Like if Allah does exist He woudn’t want His creation to be in pain right?
@@ysaviationtrains2313 typical you of making that comment when you know nothing of the Muslim community around the world.
An asylum center in Germany went up complete flames, all the refugees had to be evacuated. Why you may ask? Disagreements and fights broke out because they couldn’t agree when to open the fast doing Ramadan - Sh*t was set on fire.
@@ic.xc. Is that your justification? I have been fasting since I was going to Primary school. I continued the day normally. Even up to now I don't have any problems, I only just feel slight thirst and hunger. Abdullah Sameer needs to toughen up and get a grip on life instead of being feeble with his excuses.
Something not mentioned: Women have to hide the fact that they aren't fasting in front of men when we are on our periods. I get yelled at by my parents if my brothers catch me trying to drink tea, eat food, or have a Tylenol/pain killers. Got in trouble for asking my parents where it says in the Quran or Hadiths that women need to hide the fact that they can eat during Ramadan on their periods. It's crazy.
Speak for yourself, I don't like ANY kind of fasting that involves religious reasons.
Islam is like a TV show where to win the prize you have to earn points. And the prize is...!
Very rudimentary.
The prize is something that was yours' to begin with but was forcibly taken away from you 🤣
Why do Muslims gain more weight during Ramadan?
Because they eat after dusk, all that food they eat turns into fat.
Your biorhythm, your digestive system slows down at night, it is not smart or healthy to fill your stomach that late and the food doesn`t get processed properly.
Two huge meals a day isn't exactly fasting
Three, if you make that strictly eight hours 😅😂😂
Nope.. I eat like normal portion..two huge meal? nope..
this is an interesting topic because you really experience this.thanks for sharing. wish to see more of your vlogs.
He is not a sincere person.. that why he became like this..
That's true.. Ramadhan Fasting is just shifting eating & sleeping time: from eating in day to night, from sleeping in night to day. On top of that more food are wasted! And more weight gained! 🤣
You don't know what you are talking about..
Nice intro
by seeing ur name '' skeptic'' bet you watch matt dilliahunty lmao
@@omaribnalahmed5967 it's my name what's your problem
@@abdullahskeptic2466 that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence correct? 😈
@@abdullahskeptic2466 are you a ex Muslim by any chance?
@@omaribnalahmed5967 well yeah
Thank you for this Abdullah Sameer! Ugh! I have to go through this once again. I have to life off hidden PB sandwiches and energy drinks for a month now.
Energy drinks arent healthy. Have water :)
@@FriendlyExmuslim Ahhh man lol. I knew I was going to hear that. You're right. I'll try it for one day and stick to water.
Hour difference on fasting proves that islam's god doesnt know anything about earth's shape.
Ramadan gives you false hope of experiencing anything spiritual be it fasting, taraweeh or tahajud. You can keep deluding yourself that theres something but after finally realizing the truth, i'm glad i can move on and focus on reality and never look back at this irrationality.
How many rakaat in wudhu?
@@MuhammadAbdillah111 there are no fking raakats in wudhu you idiot
@@MuhammadAbdillah111 So?
@@MuhammadAbdillah111Ex Muslims leaving Islam is a shame, huh? You ask the question as if no Muslim leaves the shitty cult.
Love your videos! 👍👍
My muslim husband nearly passed away during ramafan years ago ,since then on we are free from this disaster ,what a relief !
Why passed away. He can break his fast. Why risking your life if you can't fast? Take it easy sis
The only reson is if he was old or sick and if he fasted then he can’t read the Quran that says If your sick or old it ok not to fast
😂😂😂 How many rakaat in wudhu?
in summer there is only few hours of night and rest is daytime at very northern latitude.
Good job brother.
Eid mubarak everbody
What many Muslims need to realize is that having a wish to do it is the most important part of any religious act, be it prayer or fasting. When someone does not wish to do it, than it's useless even from religious point of view
true that! Niyyah = Intention is the only thing that's important!
Yeah.. no body forcing any body in Islam..
Brother Abdullah Sameer, may peace and blessings be with you 💞
Great points made, as ever. I'm a convinced intermittent faster, put my Diabetes 2 into remission with it, but it's very important to drink plenty of water throughout a fast if it is to be effective and successful. Most of the Intermittent Fasting support groups will ban anyone who advocates dry fasting because there are real health risks connected with it. Muslims will abstain from food and drink for around 18 hours during Ramadan and so forth, but autophagy, the body's natural repair on the cellular level as a result of fasting, starts to kick in at around 20 hours. Having done it regularly for many years now I can easily fast for two periods of 36 hours each week, which it wouldn't be possible to do safely without water. So yes, fasting is great and healthy. Lots of good support for sensible intermittent fasting now, but dry fasting definitely a bad idea, and you'll be blocked from most IF groups on social media if you try to plug it.
Hi Laura
Some Muslims I've met have compared Ramadan fasting to intermittent fasting. But you're right, it's not the same.
AHHAHAHAAAAAAAA the opening shot of you eating a giant sandwich made me spit my beer!!!!
I don't see the point in starving myself or kids just so i can become humbler and closer to God sounds like a load of bs to me.
have you tried it?
You dont starve them it's just a few hours and it isnt even that hard some times I do it not meaning to in a normal day when I'm just too lazy to get food now or focusing on something like an exam and kids dont have to do it
Fasting is good for you. it’s scientifically proven
@@zakkaid7709 Intermittent fasting is. Dry fasting as in Ramadan isn't.
Fast all day and gorge all night isn’t fasting in any case it’s just delayed feasting..
Thank you for your work
@3:15 - I believe that "if you're way up north, you have only" a couple of hours of sunlight in *winter* , not summer.
To exmuslims : good luck fake fasting
Hipocrite..
😒 I still have to fast to cover up my ass... 😂 It is not as easy for some people just to let the world know, you will take very huge loss... Peace! ✌
Can you atleast drink some water on the downlow?
You can break your fast bro, no one is holding you. It's true that it will be hard to eat in front of your muslim friends but you can publicize that.
Great video =). I like Ramadan only for the atajef dessert.
The main problem is just the water. Jews, Christians and Hindus fast in some way or another but they're allowed to have water. We aren't meant to go many hours without water, being hungry for a month a year is probably good for most people anyway
Yeah that's part of it
U nailed 👏👌
I went to Morocco during Ramadan and I am not doing that ever again!! People were obviously on edge and we got harassed and felt unsafe in one instance. Went back a few years later (not in Ramadan) and got none of that, people were A LOT more relaxed and we were too ☺️
Bruh i was misrable faking it the last two years😭
How many rakaat in wudhu?
@@MuhammadAbdillah111 this has gotten old find new tricks. Rek'a is for selah. 😐
@@ahlamjabir97 hahahah.. 😁😁😁
Islam is primary known for is constant technical difficulties that people facing trying to impose on themselves it's rulings. It seems that the most of the time in the life of a muslim is spent on solving puzzles basically. 😂
Have you read Quran before judging? what are the difficulties? I find it very easy to follow Islam, yes, there are some challenges but they are easy to deal with.
Sounds like one big nightmare to be honest. It was hard enough giving up chocolate for lent with Christianity.
Work while fasting, a very hellish struggle & weakness
Less frustration would be among the Muslims during Ramadan if they knew that Ramadan is on September/October (as its name suggests) because ignorants stopped adding the Leap Month every 3 years of the lunar Calendar. Muhammad didn’t fast all year around. It was in the Ramda (first rains on hot ground: end of summer) . What a shame when the months have specific season-related names ! :)
Wth?
True story here I used to get so angry how I had to fast so one night I was eating wendys alone in their parking lot near midnight and just thinking about Ramadan got me in so much rage I opened my car door got out my car and threw my cheeseburger on the ground as hard as I possibly could my arm literally was in pain after that cus I over extended it.
For someone who have fly to the space , should be know that earth is sphere and day night time is different...
Since you said you are a truthseeker. Allah charges no soul except to its capacity. He does not have to fast bro. Because fasting is only when you are at your residence. If you travel you do have to fast. If you are sick then no fasting. Easy and simple.
@@sherkog i mean someone who claimed fly to the space going above 7 sky, but not aware of how night and day mechanism, even said sun goes to muddy spring when night, star as missile... Greeks scientist hundred years before know have better astronomy understanding even not claimed have fly to the sky nor claimed as god messenger..
@@truthseeker3219 Absolutely agree with you. If I tell you now that I flied to Paris in 4 hours ? would you believe me? maybe yes, because we know that is possible but if we asked someone 1400 years ago then will see it's a lie. My point here is: Nothing is impossible, I actually see the complexity of our human body is more difficult to believe than someone flying 7 skies but I believed it because we know now. Anything is possible if you know the know how.
@@sherkog if you claim that but tell eiffel tower have round shape , then im sorry i not believe you
@@truthseeker3219 That is ok. If you seek truth, do you believe that this universe was created or just came by a big bang?
Hello Abdullah Sameer, I'm a Catholic and I love your videos sharing your experience.. I notice this year 2021 muslim Ramadan looks unusual fasting.. Fasting must be [ofc] must not eat but instead ramadan 2021, they eat like there's no tomorrow.. They looks so voracious..
That Muslims don’t follow the sunnah of prophet Muhammed s.a.w. The sunnah is to fill your self with 1/3 of food, 1/3 of water and 1/3 of air
As muslim I've always loved ramadan even when was a child, my family has never forced anyone, we have ways of easing kids into it, but no one has to its choice, completely understand others being forced and unhappy then you shouldnt do it that is unfair it's your own choice at the end 👍🏻fasting whilst pregnant is bad no matter how healthy you are it's very unhealthy for growing fetus baby comes first
I wish more muslim was reasonable like you :)
@@damiandepolonia6348 yes we are rare even me as muslim I get threatened by other muslims and insulted because I don't agree with everything islam teaches and only follow what I feel is nice otherwise I don't agree with most of it
You have to understand that social pressure can be too much for some people. If you live with your Muslim family in a Muslim country where you're expected to behave a certain way then it's hardly an option and more like a necessity out of pure self-preservation.
@@hullie7529 yes I can imagine it's really hard. I wish there is authentic religious freedom all over the world. I wish you all the best guys hoping that younger generation will be more open minded. People should always have an option to choose as we are granted free will.
True
Can Muslim get on social media during ramadan my frind went dark and I am wondering if I should check on her?
Yes they can use social media tf lmao
Fasting make you lazy !!!
Very rational explanation bro. Keep up your good work.
Great video 👍❤️
Spending quality time with your family is an ibadah...working to provide for yourself or for others is an ibadah... Eating healthy, resting is an ibadah too... It doesn't say that you should focus more on certain parts of ibadah... But rather doing even a little of it could reward you a thousand times than doing it in other months... Its a blessing... Allah wants us to go to jannah but it's us that aren't willing to do even the bare minimum to achieve that...and i have siblings that can't fast because of their conditions... Allah doesn't burden a soul with more than it can bear... So those ppl in those conditions that won't allow them to fast will not be forced to fast... There will always be ppl that will mock them for not fasting but its those ppl that fail to follow Islam, them taunting ppl for not fasting has nothing to do with Islam... But rather the character and thoughts of those ppl themselves
I sometimes wonder do Muslims actually read the Quran''s (there's not one perserved Quran as Muslims are led to believe) ? Do they actually read the Hadiths ? And actually acknowledge what's written in them ? I've looked into these books out of curiosity, interest, history and relgion,. I can honestly say I can't see any evidence of a higher intelligence in these books...In fact it's quite the opposite!
When i was a muslim, i did read all of those, but still always found a way to "explain" it, because i had faith that it's the truth by default.
Also most Muslims worldwide don’t speak or understand Arabic. Most Muslims that I ever knew (mostly of Turkish decent) knew only how to read out loud without understanding it. You could have let them read Abu Nuwas‘ poems and they’d still be like: wow subhanallah, Mashallah, so magical, it must be from God lol
I talk regularly with Muslims and am surprised at how little some of them know about their religion.
@@natalikronwald6177 not true these are few countries most countries speak arabic well enough to understand most of the Quran. Most of it because some of it has hard vocabulary and sentence structure even for more fluent people
Islam is not something you can learn by yourself.. you need a teacher to explain it to you..
In my village they make loud noise go around the village to wake up all people to do "sahur" at 03.00 in the morning. I could not sleep well during Ramadan in my village.
Intermittent fasting I like it verymuch, I do OMAD
@Jamal Ramadan Indonesia
It's stupid to deny water!
I don't see the problem, bing eating at night can hardly be called a fast. Think of those who work nights shifts and eat during night hours, are they doing Ramadan 365 days a year?
Ramadan is good for fnb business. It's a food festival. some even take a whole month off of work to sell food and they make a fortune. While fasting should make people eat less, yet we see people buy more food and create a huge market for foodstuffs during ramadan
I kinda enjoy fasting.Too bad it has to be forced on other people. 😕
I became an Ex-cult at ramadan last year, when I realized that this cult doesn't really fit for a normal human that can't stay still at prayer, because of respiratory allergies.
You know that no harm so, "Allah charges no soul except to its capacity."
Glad you are free, good luck 🕊
How many rakaat in wudhu?
Great , video!
As usual great video 👍👍👍👍