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Ramadan 2019 – Day 16: 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.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 16: Curb the Nafs
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Ramadan 2019 – Day 15: Immune System
Fasting has many physical benefits including the healthy maintenance of the whole body, and the rejuvenation of the entire immune system.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 14: The Soul’s 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.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 13: Soaring
Fasting curbs our animalistic indulgence and carnality, and enables us to break free of the shackles of bestiality and soar to spirituality.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 7: Abstention
Fasting is abstention, and in a true fast, along with the body’s abstention, the mind and heart abstain from sinful thoughts and sentiments.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 4: Active Fasting
Let’s not fast passively and unconsciously, merely being hungry and thirsty, but actively remaining conscious of the sacred state we’re in.
Ramadan 2019 – Day 3: Ihsan
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 indeed he sees you.’
Goal of Fasting
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. In Sūrat al-Baqarah, Allāh says: “Oh Believers! Fasting has been prescribed for you as it… Continue reading Goal of Fasting
Ramadan 2018 – Day 29: True Eid
“A person’s Eid will only be Eid if their Ramaḍān was Ramaḍān.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq