The Etiquette of Fasting

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah, Mighty and Exalted, says, ‘He whose limbs do not fast by refraining from what I have prohibited, then there is no need for him to refrain from food and drink for My sake.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Fasting is just as much keeping away from prohibited things as it is keeping away from food and drink.

Fatima al-Zahra (AS) said, ‘What is the fasting person doing with his fast if he is not guarding his tongue, his hearing, his sight and his limbs [from sins]?!

When you fast, your hearing must fast, along with your sight, your hair, your skin… and he listed a number of other things, and said, ‘The day that you fast must not be like a day that you do not fast.