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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Genuinely curious non- Muslim here. I am not trying to be snarky or xenophobic, but I have a couple of questions I don't feel comfortable asking the Muslims I know IRL.

First, I can see not eating anything during daylight hours (I grew up Catholic and did a more limited fast). But i do not understand the logistics of no water.  I drink several quarts a day, because if I get at all dehydrated, it triggers debilitating  migraines. So going 12-14 hours without water seems impossible.  I would also worry about kids doing PE and not drinking in hot weather. How does that work? No water period?  Are there exceptions?

Also, we have late elementary and middle school aged kids in our neighborhood and in my kids school who fast. Their parents also say that they enjoy it and want to. When I was that age and older and fasted as part of being Catholic, I absolutely did not enjoy it-- I did it because my parents made me.  Do kids really "enjoy" fasting and want to do it?  If so why?  Or is that just something parents say?[/quote]

A lot of kids do enjoy it.   Younger kids often do it just half a day.  They start fasting full days in puberty.    Some kids don't enjoy it.   Some parents make them fast regardless.   Perhaps some parents don't force a fast, I don't know.

There are exceptions for fasting, which I listed in the previous post. [/quote]

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