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Ramadan 2018 – Day 9: Route to Taqwá
The purpose of fasting is to create Taqwá. The route to Taqwá is purity of speech.
Ramadan 2018 – Day 9: Route to Taqwá
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Ramadan 2018 – Day 7: Slip of the Tongue
It is easy to abstain from food but avoiding a slip of the tongue is difficult. Ramaḍān is a good time to practice silence.
Ramadan 2018 – Day 2: Switch On
Fasting is not difficult. All it takes is for a person to switch on mentally and it can be done. It is within our capability.
Does your Tongue Betray Your Heart?
A state is a a condition or way of being that exists at a particular time. A state is all encompassing. For example, when a person is in a state of joy, fear or anxiety they are overcome by that particular state. Hajj and fasting are both states. We should be overcome by the states… Continue reading Does your Tongue Betray Your Heart?
Ramadan Day 15
Ramadan Day 15: 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 Reflections 2
1. If, even in the blessed and sanitised atmosphere of Ramadan, we do not reform our character and conduct then we must ask ourselves: ‘When?’ 2. Fasting in Ramadan with constant awareness and mindfulness is the easiest and most effective course for anger management and self discipline. 3. Ramadan was the chosen month of divine… Continue reading Ramadan Reflections 2
Guarding Oneself
The most succinct definition of taqwa is to guard oneself from the displeasure of Allah by guarding oneself from the disobedience of Allah. We must guard our eyes, ears, tongue, hands, feet and even our heart from any act, thought, sentiment and emotion of disobedience and displeasure. How does a person develop taqwa? There are… Continue reading Guarding Oneself
Abstention
Fasting in Arabic originally means abstention, therefore we should not only abstain from food and drink but from anything that displeases Allāh سبحانه وتعالى. Thus the fast of speech will mean abstention from all foul, offensive and sinful speech which is ḥarām (forbidden). Otherwise, if a person remains hungry and thirsty while continuing to do… Continue reading Abstention