But when you fast...

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that no one except your heavenly Father who is there in the secet place may notice your fasting. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Matt.

6:16-18) " John's disciples and the Pharisees were observing a fast; so they came and said to Him, ‘Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?' Jesus replied to them, ‘Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is in their company? So long as the bridegroom is with them they can not fast, but a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will be their day to fast." (Mark 2:8-20) "...

Whereupon Satan will seek to cause that he shall not fast in any wise, under pretext of sickness... ." (Barnabas 107:17) But the way of performing prayer and fasting has not been elucidated in the Christianity even briefly in the present Gospels and so its difference with that of Islam can not be determined. In other words, the Gospels just show the existence of prayer and fasting in the Christianity (without elaborating the way of performing them). Previous…