Abstaining from food, drink, and bodily pleasures (e.g. sex and smoking) between daybreak and sunset.
Fasting is obligatory during the entire lunar month of Ramadan (unless there are mitigating circumstances - see rukhsa). Additional fasting is recommended (supererogatory). Fasting can also serve as an atonement for a broken vow or as a substitute for certain obligations.
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