Ramadan

Fasting creates taqwa, which is a higher awareness and consciousness of Allah, similar to ihsan, of which the Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Ihsan is that you worship Allah as though you see him, and if you do not see him then …

Ramadan was the chosen month of divine revelation, and it remains a unique time of devotional communication through prayer and supplication.

May Allāh make this Ramaḍān Mubarak for all of us, adorn our tongues with Qurʾānic recitation, and accept our deeds and supplication. Āmīn.

As we approach Ramaḍān, we should think about the purpose of fasting. The goal of the fast is to work on the rūḥ. In the entire Quran, Allāh only mentions one specific and direct objective of fasting: to create taqwá. …

“A person’s Eid will only be Eid if their Ramaḍān was Ramaḍān.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq

During Ramaḍān, there is a wind of Rahma which touches everyone. This is why people change in Ramaḍān; there is a natural inclination to good.

Similar to salāh and Hajj, fasting is a sacred state.

During daily fasting in Ramaḍān, it is easy to lose sight of the purpose of fasting.

Purity of speech leads to purity of deeds.

The spirit of the masjid is calmness and tranquillity. Masjids are a place of silence and contemplation, of dignity and respect.

The shayatīn (devils) are locked up in Ramaḍān so why do we still sin? The shayatīn are chained but we remain unchained – our nafs is weak.

The original meaning of i’tikāf was to devote oneself and focus oneself on something to the exclusion of everything else. Ramadan is a form of iʿtikāf for the entire month. We should treat the whole of Ramaḍān as a spiritual …

The atmosphere and climate of Ramaḍān has a positive effect – it is a good time to change.

Fasting involves passively avoiding food and drink but actively avoiding bad speech.

Committing certain sins has become second nature to us; there is no remorse, guilt or repentance. To deal with this, we need a higher level of consciousness. We need to constantly review and meditate upon what we need to do …

We cannot remind ignorant about the words of Allāh; we have a duty to understand and gain knowledge about the words of the Qurʾān.

The world is abuzz with Qurʾānic recitation in Ramaḍān. The Qurʾān, by far, is and will always be the most oft read and recited book ever.

Ramaḍān is only for a few, select days but it provides training for the entire year.

How pure is our speech? How much does our speech reflect taqwá?

Sins of the mind, heart and tongue are harder to refrain from than sins of the limbs.