If you love your lord our creator then you have to listen to him and abide by his instruction .Remember believers are different . This is test to evaluate your believe . Ask him he will help you . Fasting is one of the important ibada . Remember all the  believers of the prophets faced same problem  ssimilar obstacles , shatan is working hard to mislead the people. 

May Allah bless you  

One thing I've found works with non-believing family, and that also avoids harassment for me, is just not to tell them I'm 'fasting'. If I happen to be around them, during a fasting time, and they offer food, I just decline it, giving some other reason for not wishing to eat...I don't just come out and say "I'm fasting". I may instead say "I'm just not hungry right now", or "I already ate", or "I'm feeling queazy at the moment". Often these can even be 'half truths', rather than outright lies. AKA - I really DONT feel like eating right now, while I'm fasting, I already ate, (leave out the fact that it was 6 hours ago), and more often than not, I AM feeling queazy! A few 'little white lies' required, but it saves hard feelings, all the way around...also avoids the possibility of your family having you 'committed' or 'force-fed', because they think you're 'harming yourself'....

Assalamo Alaikom

It's not an easy situation, but when they see you are determined in your fast In-Shaa-Allah they will accept it.

A few weeks ago, Dr. Idris Tawfik was in a live dialogue on IOL titled "New Muslims: Get Ready For Ramadan "

Ramadan Mubarak In-Shaa-Allah, and keep us posted on how it goes.

Actually you can't run away fro the problem.But to solving your problem may be not easy way.Just tell everyone the truth and what is actually happened to you step by step.True the good attitude will make them know yourself.I convince that if they understand they will let you do it because you are not doing sin............

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Assalamu alaikum,

I think that people who have never fasted find it difficult to comprehend. They may view it as extreme or unhealthy. People usually judge practices negatively when they don't know  much about them.

So maybe it would be helpful to explain to them some of the benefits of fasting, not just that it's ibada (I dont think they would really care about this point) but that it's not merely a way to empathize with the poor, but it's also a way to develop self-control, to get Muslims to take up some good habits (if we consciously practice something for a month, eventually it will become a habit) like not back-biting, been patient, etc. Fasting has been prescribed to many non-Muslim patients with various diseases, physical and mental (I dont mean when patients are told not to eat before an operation or before certain medical tests).

Try to appeal to your family from their point of view by discussing with them some of these points so that they would better understand your rituals.

I hope this helps.

Assalam,

Islam is indeed the greatest of all religions. My brother live is full of tests and the ability to stay steadfastly determine your endourance to the true religion of God. The problem you are seen in your livelihood is nothing but decisive procastination of shaitan (evil).

From his(Evil) strategem is that he always bewitches the mind until he can deceive the person. No one is safe from his bewitching except whomsoever Allah wills. He makes good looking to him what harms him the most, until he imagines that it is the most beneficial act for himself. And he makes him flee from the most beneficial act until he thinks it is something harmful to him. Certainly, there is no god but Allah. How many humans have been tested by such sorcery. How many hearts have been kept from Islam, faith and goodness [by such sorcery]. And how many support and present falsehood in the best form and hate truth and present it in the worst form [because of his deception]. And how much falseness is adorned and shown in a desirious manner to the alert. And how much falseness is spread among the wise. He is the one who bewitches the mind until it follows different desires and various evil opinions. He makes them follow every path of misguidance. He leads them to actions, one after another, that cause their destruction. He makes appealing to them the worship of idols, the breaking of familial relationships, the killing of daughters, marrying one's mother and so on. And he promises them the victory of paradise with their infidelity, wickedness and acts of disobedience. He presents to them polytheism in the most honorable fashion. And he presents rejection of Allah's attributes, of His transcendence and of His speech in the guise of anti-anthropomorphism of Allah. He presents abandoning ordering good and eradicating evil in the guise of having mercy for others, behaving with others in a good manner, and applying the verse, "O believers, you are in charge of your own souls" (al-Maidah 105). And he presents turning away from what has come from the Messenger in the guise of blindly following the Imams (taqleed) and the sufficiency of following one who is more knowledgeable. And he presents hypocrisy and compromising with respect to Allah's religion in the guise of being flexible and mixing admirably with the people

I pray for the guideance and protection of God for you and all that that belief and endoured in the path of God today and always.

Bashir

Hi,

The whole idea i am trying to highlight here is for the questioner and contributors to understand the stand as well as the basis in which shaitan deprive and lead people to astray.

Furthermore, the central idea is "Patience and steadfastness". I am sorry for to much explanation and redefinations.

I belief if we have full and concerntrated understanding of the ways by which shaitan try to gain access in to our lives, we will not only rescue ourselves but also understanding the innate logistics and impact of steadfastness in to our lives.

Thanks Sahara for your understanding.

May God give us ability towards positive understanding of things and gave us a way to improve our internal and practical doings on Islam.