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Ramadan 2020 – Day 16: Knowledge and Ignorance

“Knowledge is the realisation of one’s ignorance. Ignorance is the delusion of knowledge.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq

Ramadan 2020 – Day 17: Rejuvenation

“Fasting has many physical benefits including the healthy maintenance of the whole body, and the rejuvenation of the entire immune system.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq

Ramadan 2020 – Day 14: Raised Voices

“Ramaḍān is the last of times to argue or raise our voices.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq

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

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

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

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

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

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