What We Need To Know About the Nation The World, and Ourselves 

Why and How We Fast in December

By Messenger Elijah Muhammad

Reprinted from How To Eat To Live, Book 1

I have chosen (for quite a few years) the month of December for my
followers to fast as in the month of Ramadan. It serves as a sign that we
(the Lost and Found Nation) are the end of all the signs pertaining to
the pilgrimage and fasting in the month of Ramadan.

We fast the 12th month of the Christian year to relieve ourselves of
having once worshipped that month as the month in which Jesus was born.
It is now known and agreed upon by the scholars and scientists of
religion that nothing of the kind took place 2,000 years ago. Jesus was
born, not in the month of December, but rather – as God has revealed it
and according to the season that history claims existed in that time -
the first or second week in September.

The Christians have made holidays which are used mostly for
commercialization. They buy wine, whiskey and been and fatten up pigs and
hogs for the kill and roast this divinely-prohibited flesh to celebrate
what the Christians call the birthday of the Son of Man. Jesus condemned
such things as drunkenness and the eating of swine flesh.

The act that they carry on for the celebration of Jesus’ birth is
perfect for Nimrod, who actually was born on the 25th of December,
according to the scientists and historians, as well as the words of God,
Himself, spoken to me.

Nimrod was an enemy of God and one who came in the last 300 years of
the 2,000 years of Moses. He led the white man against the laws of Moses
and the worship of Allah. He (Nimrod) wanted them to worship idols and
that which was other than God (as they did in ancient Rome).

Let us, my followers, remember the right way. Waste not your earnings
in such ways as worshipping and feasting as the Christians do. They only
say and do not. They have taken for themselves the profit of God and the
place of God.

In this month of fasting we shall keep our minds and hearts clean,
and we shall not indulge in the eating of meats (land meats). You may eat
fish and such fat products which come from land animals such as butter
and cheese.

In this month, we should keep our minds on Allah, Who came in the
Person of Master Fard Muhammad; my God and your God and my Saviour and
Deliverer and your Saviour and Deliverer to Whom be praises forever for
giving us life after our mental death for the past 400 years.

During this month, eat before day and after the sun goes down (if you
wish) but not during the daylight hours. This also goes for drinking;
drink whatever you are going to drink either before dawn or after dark.
The eating before dawn is for those of us who love to eat breakfast in
the mornings. But if you eat one meal a day, you may eat that meal either
before dawn or after dark. It is better for your health, however, to eat
one meal after dark.

Keep up prayer, and let all be grateful to Allah for His coming in the
Person of Master Fard Muhammad throughout the month of December and every
month. And during this month, let there be no quarreling or disputing in
our homes or abroad.
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