Fasting copied from Hinduism

“You are allowed on the night of the fast to approach your wives, they are your garment and ye are their garment. God knoweth that ye defraud yourself therein, so He turneth unto you and forgiveth you! Now, therefore, go in unto them with full desire for that which God hath ordained for you; and eat and drink until ye can discern a white thread from a black thread by the daybreak.” (2 183.)

C. ~ It seems that at the time the Mohammedan religion came into being or before that period some (Arab) must have asked a follower of the Puraanics as to what was the mode of observing the Chandrayana fast, the latter being ignorant of the true method of observing this fast, which consists in decreasing or increasing one mouthful of food at a time in accordance with the increase or decrease in the digits of the moon and taking one’s food in the middle of the day, might have told him that one should take his food on seeing the moon. The Mohammedans have thus adopted the Chandrayana fast in a corrupted form.

But there is one great difference between the two fast; sexual intercourse is forbidden in the Chandryana but is permitted in the Mohammedan fast since it is said (in the Qoran) “go in unto them with full desire.” Again, the Mohammedans are allowed to eat at night time as often as they like. Now what kind of fast is it to eat during the night and abstain from food during the day? It is contrary to the laws of nature to take one’s food during the night and abstain from it during the day.