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El ayuno extremo: ¿es haram?
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Sí, El ayuno extremo se considera Haram (prohibido) en el islam.
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Sí, El ayuno extremo se considera Haram (prohibido) en el islam. Quran 4:29 — 'And do not kill yourselves.'
Lo que el islam enseña sobre El ayuno extremo
Según el islam, El ayuno extremo se considera Haram (prohibido).
El ayuno que pone en peligro la salud es haram: el Corán dice «no os matéis» (4:29), y el Profeta prohibió el ayuno continuo (wisal) y corrigió al que ayunaba a diario con «tu cuerpo tiene derecho sobre ti». Los ayunos prescritos del islam están acotados —de amanecer a atardecer, eximiendo a enfermos, embarazadas y viajeros— por diseño.
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Lo que el islam enseña sobre El ayuno extremo
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Islam's fasting system was engineered against extremity from the start. The Ramadan fast is bounded — dawn to dusk, days not weeks — and the Quran's own exemptions (illness, travel, pregnancy, age) say 'God intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship' (2:185). The Prophet's corrections are explicit: he forbade wisal, continuous day-and-night fasting, saying 'I am not like you' when asked to permit it for himself; and his rebuke of Abdullah ibn Amr — who fasted daily and prayed nightly — became the tradition's charter for moderation: 'your body has a right over you, your eyes have a right over you, your guest has a right over you.' The principle was named: 'do not kill yourselves' (4:29) governs self-imposed deprivations, and jurists rule that a person whose illness fasting would worsen is forbidden to fast — the exemption is a command, not an option. The Sufi excesses that later emerged (legendary forty-day fasts) were criticized by jurists as against the Sunnah's balance. The Muslim framework today is clean: prescribed fasts yes; supererogatory fasts in the Sunnah's patterns (Mondays, Thursdays, the white days) yes; heroic deprivations that damage the body — no: 'your body has a right over you.'
Referencias Coránicas
- Quran 4:29 — 'And do not kill yourselves.'
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1975-1977 — The Prophet forbade al-wisal (continuous fasting without breaking at night).
- Quran 2:184 — 'Whoever among you is ill or on a journey — then an equal number of other days.'
Qué deberías hacer
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- Follow your tradition's forms, not internet extremity — the forms are bounded for a reason.
- Exempt yourself when health requires — in Islam and Judaism, exemption is a command, not a concession.
- Muslim: 'Your body has a right over you' — the Sunnah's own moderation charter.
- All: If fasting has become compulsion or weight-control in disguise, seek help — that is illness, and treatment is the religious act.
Book of Repentance (Sahih Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said Allah rejoices more when you return than a man who finds water in the desert. Islamic tradition holds that tawbah is always accepted for those who sincerely seek it.
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Is prolonged water fasting a sin?
Extended fasts beyond medical supervision are condemned across the traditions: bounded fasts are prescribed, excessive fasting is called sin, and reasonable care of the body is required.
Extended fasts beyond medical supervision are condemned across the traditions: bounded fasts are prescribed, excessive fasting is called sin, and reasonable care of the body is required. Brief supervised fasts for medical indications are a different matter — treatment, not devotion.
Why did saints fast so extremely then?
The traditions read those accounts critically: hagiography emphasizes the extraordinary, and the same traditions' authorities — abbots, jurists, ulema — consistently corrected extremity in practice; the heroes are admired; the extremity is not the rule for everyone.
The traditions read those accounts critically: hagiography emphasizes the extraordinary, and the same traditions' authorities — abbots, jurists, ulema — consistently corrected extremity in practice; the heroes are admired; the extremity is not the rule for everyone. Islam's Prophet forbade continuous fasting outright.
I have an eating disorder and religious fasting makes it worse — what do I do?
All the traditions here exempt you — actually command you to abstain from fasting and accept treatment.
All the traditions here exempt you — actually command you to abstain from fasting and accept treatment. Choosing recovery is the religious act, not the fast.
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