And may His name be glorified, He said: {"Then complete the fast until the night."} 1
The inner reality of the fast that God commanded is taqiyya (concealment) and silence from revealing the knowledge of the Truth. And the meaning of the saying of our master the Messenger, may His might be glorified: "The believer is a fasting person forever," is: he is one who conceals what he is upon.
[24] And it was narrated from Abi al-Haytham Malik ibn al-Tayyihan, peace be upon him, that he said: My Master, may His might be glorified, said to me: "Indeed, God has made a matter manifest to you and made a covenant with you to preserve your blood, and entrusted you with His secret to protect it until its proclaimer screams and its caller calls. And this is His saying: 'Then complete the fast until the night' 2 . That is a clarification from Him, so the meaning of fasting is concealment, and breaking the fast is to make a statement and




