Patience is Half of Faith and Fasting is Half of Patience

In Sūrat al-Baqarah 351, Allāh says:

استعينوا بالصبر والصلاة

“Seek help with patience and prayer.”

Some explained that the “patience” mentioned in the verse is fasting. The Prophet (upon him be peace) called Ramaḍān “the Month of Patience” because one exercises by withholding what their body desires. A believer stops eating and drinking to observe what his Lord commanded. It is reported that the Prophet (upon him be peace) said:

الصبر نصف الإيمان والصوم نصف الصبر

“Patience is half of faith and fasting is half of patience.”

(Qūt al-Qulūb, 132)