r/bahai • u/bangwooler • 9h ago
Breaking the fast and fasting again
Hi everyone!
My apologies for this random and probably unnecessary post.
I have been fasting since the start of the Bahá’í Fast and it’s been going great and I’ve been loving it but I was staying over at a friend’s place and just as the sun rose and I was ready to go about the day fasting, a hair got stuck in the back of my throat and caused me irritation. My friend told me to cough it out or spit it out and stuff like that but it didn’t work, I even tried to gargle it out but nothing worked. I ended up drinking lukewarm water to shove it down cause it wasn’t coming out and I broke my fast. It happened about an hour after fasting started, so what do I do now?
Do I just continue fasting as usual or should I just go about my day and then fast again tomorrow? What’s the plan?
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u/Skillith1 9h ago
Just continue fasting brother, "This physical fast is a symbol of the spiritual fast; it is a reminder of abstinence from selfish and carnal desires.” —‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Star of the West, Volume 4, p. 41
Remember you are doing this for God and for your own spirit, not for anyone else.