Three weeks of Ramadan have already passed. Ramadan is the month of fasting for Muslims around the world. Muslims will fast from dawn to dusk for 30 days. The fast includes refraining from eating or drinking anything in the daylight hours. The strictest groups will even spit out any saliva rather than swallow it, so as not to be considered to be drinking.
In history yesterday in home school, we began studying Mohammed and Islam. We were studying the five tenets of Islam, of which Ramadan is one. For the sake of our study, we looked at what scriptures teach regarding those tenets. Listed below are the tenets and the verses we used to respond to them. Many more verses could be used, but this is a sampling.
Tenet 1: Confess that there is one god and that Mohammed is his prophet.
Scripture: Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:35
Tenet 2: Pray five times a day, facing Mecca.
Scripture: Ephesians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Hebrews 4:16
Tenet 3: Give required alms
Scriptures: Matthew 23:2323; Luke 11:39-41
Tenet 4: Fast from dawn to dusk for one month each year
Scripture: Matthew 6:16-17; Psalm 35:13
Tenet 5: Travel to Mecca on a pilgrimage once in a lifetime
Scripture: John 4:19-24
Pray with us for the Truth to be revealed to those who earnestly seek to know the Way of Truth and who earnestly seek Peace, especially as they enter their last week of fasting. Pray their hunger will not be merely for physical food but also for the Bread of Life.
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