Why Fasting Is A Compulsion On All Believers

Why Fasting Is A Compulsion On All Believers
(In the Name of Allah (SWT), Most Gracious, Most Merciful, all praise and thanks are due to Allah, Lord of the Realms and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger (SAWS) and upon all his family and companions)
%u2022 "The fast is for Me and I am its reward" [Hadith Qudsi]
%u2022 "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed upon you as it was prescribed on those before you so that you may learn self-restraint" [2:183]
Fasting To Be Observed Mandatory:
The above Quran Verse tells us how Allah (SWT) has made it clear that fasting is to be practiced and experienced by the believers and The One & Only neither seeks to punish and neither wish to starve His Believers as this enhances the capability of understanding one's religion better and the need around him/her by experiencing the hunger the starvation the feeling a person can get from observing a fast.
Reason Behind Fasting:
Fasting In Context Of Hadith helps you to understand and acquire those levels which are very hard otherwise and this is where you are to understand that why fasting is of compulsion to us and how there are many occasions where importance of fasting is stressed. In simple fasting helping you to achieve the wisdom of righteousness and humility.
A Companion once asked Hadrat Ibn Ka'ab the meaning of righteousness (taqwa), and in reply Hadrat Ibn Ka'ab asked, "Have you ever walked a dangerous and thorny path?" The questioner said yes. Then, Hadrat Ibn Ka'ab asked him how he would traverse such a path. The Companion answered,
"I gather all my loose clothing around me and hold it tight so that nothing gets entangled or torn, and thus I walk very carefully." Hadrat Ibn Ka'ab answered that this is the very definition of righteousness, to protect oneself at every moment in life so one does not slip and fall into sin.
Thus, the Month of Fasting is the blessed month in which we are suppose to make the right decisions followed by the right actions with good deeds and intentions so that we can be awarded respectively and this is where you are advised to explore the online resources for more information.