Hello What are the health benefits of prayer? What are the health benefits of fasting?! Please advise, thank you.
Answer
In the name of God the Merciful sister / Najla saved God. Peace, mercy and blessings of God and yet, the prayer and fasting many health benefits, prayer leads to a degree of purity spiritual needs rights to get rid of the consequences of stress and monotony of life, has been observed low rate of disease era - a frustration - largely at Muslims who maintain the rituals when compared with others, and the scheduling of sleep and not to prolong the periods of sleep has many benefits in regulating physiological body and a sense of activity and high energy and improve work performance and mental capacity when the keep their prayers, as well as to pray a significant role in alleviating the problems of back pain, which appear When old age. Has conducted a medical study to compare the proportion of injured back pain in old age, has been found that the ratio is much higher when non-Muslims as compared to Muslims, but that the study proved that they start praying at a young age are at a greater degree of protection than those arriving at ages greater, has come to the conclusion that prayer helps to maintain the flexibility of the connective ligaments in the back not much affected by age than those who do not pray. As for fasting, he may also many benefits are countless, but short, can be summed up interest in enabling the body to get rid of harmful substances accumulated due to eating, as well as help the digestive system to improve its performance and the organization of digestion and elimination of excess fat in the body and prevent the accumulation and re vital work of tissue different and renewed activity and thus maintain the activity of the body. And God bless.