Ramadhan in War:

General Speaks of Fasting in War

Navideshahed: “When the military operation ‘Ramadan’ began in 1982, I was also present near the war veterans of the Army 25 of Karbala in the operation strip ‘Jafir’. Although the weather was so warm and sultry in this war zone, but many of my comrades would fight against the enemy while they had fasted as well,”? said General Ali Shalikar, the former commander of Karbala Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps for Mazandaran province in an exclusive interview with an ISNA reporter.

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شنبه - ۰۴ آبان ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 04 August

They had realized this issue so well that our defense was a belief defense against the Iraqi Baathist enemy. Therefore for the purpose of promoting their beliefs, they had a special obligation to do the religious affairs.

Doing thee religious affairs included prayers during the nights of Ramadan month, the mourning which would be performed for Muharram month. In fact the abovementioned activities were more tangible and obvious. The Iranian war veterans including those who were in the frontiers and those who served in the support units would worship God so humbly, because they had understood this issue so well that tolerating the pains, difficulties in the Jihad Asghar is under the protection of fighting against concupiscence and impurity.

He said: “During one of the nights before the military operation ‘Ramadan’ that I was present in Shahid Beheshti Headquarters, I got out at 2:00 AM, but I noticed that all the war veterans had got up earlier in order to perform their prayer. It seemed that they wanted to hold a public prayer and for sure if such behaviors and attitudes would not be rooted in religions and religious affairs during the Holy Defense, the war veterans would not be able to tolerate the tough and difficult conditions of the war.”?

The End

They had realized this issue so well that our defense was a belief defense against the Iraqi Baathist enemy. Therefore for the purpose of promoting their beliefs, they had a special obligation to do the religious affairs. Doing thee religious affairs included prayers during the nights of Ramadan month, the mourning which would be performed for Muharram month. In fact the abovementioned activities were more tangible and obvious. The Iranian war veterans including those who were in the frontiers and those who served in the support units would worship God so humbly, because they had understood this issue so well that tolerating the pains, difficulties in the Jihad Asghar is under the protection of fighting against concupiscence and impurity. He said: “During one of the nights before the military operation ‘Ramadan’ that I was present in Shahid Beheshti Headquarters, I got out at 2:00 AM, but I noticed that all the war veterans had got up earlier in order to perform their prayer. It seemed that they wanted to hold a public prayer and for sure if such behaviors and attitudes would not be rooted in religions and religious affairs during the Holy Defense, the war veterans would not be able to tolerate the tough and difficult conditions of the war.”? The End