(3)  SAUM (FASTING)

Fasting during the ‘Lunar’ month of Ramzan serves the same purpose of subjugation and     gratitude to Allah, and prepares the body and soul for overcoming difficulties lying in the     path of Allah, and purifies ones thoughts and actions. It also makes one undergo     experience of hunger and feeling of deprivation from which the poor fellow human beings     suffer and thus appreciate more profoundly needs of the poor and prompts him towards     their help.