Fasting Narrows the Paths of Shaytan

As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Allah says in His Quran,

O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may acquire Taqwa. [Quran 2:183]

In this beautiful ayah, Allah ta’ala gives the wisdom behind legislating the fast. When you abstain from food, drink, sex, and sins for His sake alone, it purifies the soul, removes evil, corrects ill manners and it narrows the paths that shaytan can use against you. Thus fasting is a shield protecting us from the fire of Hell.