Dear noble brothers, When Allah, may His Glory be glorified, commands me to fast Ramadan, what does He decree? What is the wisdom aimed at Siyaam (fasting) this month?

Allah the Almighty says:

﴾O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious).﴿ 

[Al-Baqarah, 183]

There are whims, misconceptions, misleading notions, atheist ideologies, materialistic orientations, opportunistic thinking, justifying tendencies and endless concepts, given how many they are! Most of these propositions are very far from Allah's Path.

Thus, the wisdom behind Siyaam is to avoid misconceptions by adhering to certainties, it is to avoid polytheism by adhering to Tawheed (monotheism), it is to avoid sinning by adhering to obedience and it is to avoid having bad thoughts about Allah by getting to know Him. 

﴾ … That you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious).﴿ 

What does man avoid usually? He avoids whatever scares and destroys him.

﴾ O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious).﴿ 

[Al-Baqarah, 183]