What is Fasting in Islam?
Fasting in Arabic is صَوْم or صِيَام. Linguistically, both words are verbal nouns of the verb صَامَ 'he fasted'. Generally speaking, صَامَ means to refrain from doing something. For example, to say صَامَ عَنِ الْكَلَام means to refrain from talking, and to say صَامَ عَنِ التَّدْخِيْن means to refrain from smoking. However, the words صَامَ, صَوْم, and …