“Ramaḍān is the last of times to argue or raise our voices.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
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Ramadan 2020 – Day 13: Higher Awareness
“One of the spiritual benefits of a proper fast is that it creates a higher level of consciousness and awareness of Allāh.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 12: True Fast
“A true fast is also of the heart and mind: to observed a true fast you do not entertain any thoughts or feelings which are harām.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 11: External Carriage
“For eleven months of the year we starve the rūḥ and lavish all our attention on the external carriage (our physical body).” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 10: Curb the Nafs
“Fasting curbs the cravings of the lower self, for when the body is hungry the nafs is full but when the body is full the nafs is hungry.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 9: Expiation
“The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are all expiators of what’s in between them if one avoids major sins. (Muslim)” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 8: Miracle
“Millions of children being able to memorise the Quran, a book of over 80,000 words in a language they can’t understand, is truly a miracle.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 7: Immune System
“The Islamic purpose of fasting is to create taqwa: the soul’s own immune system, which develops resistance to spiritual diseases and sin.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 6: Sacred Hours
“The hours, days and nights of Ramaḍān are sacred and one should be mindful of their sanctity just as one is mindful of the sanctity of the Ḥaram.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 5: Solitude
“The Prophet’s ﷺ practice of i’itikaf began even before Quranic revelation when he would seclude himself in the cave of Hira during Ramadan.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 4: Bodily Seclusion
“Fasting itself is a form of i’tikāf whereby we retreat into a bodily seclusion, renounce food, drink and desire, and focus on the spirit.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 3: Spiritual Retreat
“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 …
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 2: Quarantine
“Ramaḍān is a quarantine: a sanitised and blessed atmosphere in which we spiritually recuperate, and immunise and heal our afflicted souls.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2020 – Day 1: Du’a
“May Allāh make this Ramaḍān Mubarak for all of us, adorn our tongues with Qurʾānic recitation, and accept our deeds and supplication. Āmīn.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 29: Decompression
A sudden transition from the intense spirituality of Ramadan to a less devotional atmosphere can result in ‘spiritual bends’ (decompression)
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 28: Avoid Distraction
Let not the fatigue of our month’s endeavours or the excitement of the pending Eid distract us from the last few blessed moments of Ramadan.
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 27: Spiritual Focus
Fasting itself is a form of i’itikāf whereby we retreat into a bodily seclusion, renounce food, drink and desire, and focus on the spirit.
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 26: Last Friday
As the final hours of the last Jumuah of this Ramadan pass, let not the beauty and blessings of these moments escape us. Du’as!
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 25: Malnourished Souls
In Ramadan we should deny our overindulged bodies their earthly gratification and instead provide heavenly food for our malnourished souls.
Read More »Ramadan 2019 – Day 24: Content
Instead of learning to just ‘live’ with what we have but learning to be actually ‘content’ with what we have is true belief in Allah’s Qadr.
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