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Jejum extremo: é haram?
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Sim — Jejum extremo: Haram (proibido) segundo o islã.
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Sim — Jejum extremo: Haram (proibido) segundo o islã. Quran 4:29 — 'And do not kill yourselves.'
O que o islã ensina sobre Jejum extremo
Segundo o islã, Jejum extremo: Haram (proibido).
O jejum que põe a saúde em risco é haram: o Alcorão diz 'não vos mateis' (4:29), e o Profeta proibiu o jejum contínuo (wisal) e corrigiu o jejuador diário Abdullah com 'teu corpo tem direito sobre ti'. Os jejuns prescritos do islã são delimitados — do alvorecer ao anoitecer, isentando doentes, grávidas e viajantes — por desígnio.
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O que o islã ensina sobre Jejum 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.'
Referências Corânicas
- 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.'
O que você deveria fazer
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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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