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April, 2021

• 27 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 15: Pure Speech

  

  “Sins of the mind, heart and tongue are harder to refrain from than sins of the limbs” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 26 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 14: Sins of the Limbs

  

  “Sins of the mind, heart and tongue are harder to refrain from than sins of the limbs” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 25 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 13: Discipline

  

  “Ramaḍān is a month of sacrifice, discipline and taqwā.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 24 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 12: 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
• 23 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 11: Argument

  

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

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 10: Cautious

  

  “Fasting makes a person conscious of Allāh. When a person is conscious of Allāh, he will be cautious of Allāh. This is Taqwā.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 20 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 8: True Fast

  

  “A true fast is also of the heart and mind: to observe a true fast you do not entertain any thoughts or feelings which are ḥarām.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 19 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 7: Silence

  

  “It is easy to abstain from food but avoiding a slip of the tongue is difficult. Ramaḍān is a good time to practice silence.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 18 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 6: Ruh

  

  “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
• 17 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 5: Training

  

  “Ramaḍān is a month of training, to allow us to refrain from ḥarām and all harmful things including vulgar speech.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 16 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 4: Sanctity

  

  “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
• 15 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 3: Quality

  

  “Our fast should be of quality; avoid all forms of ḥarām, abstain from ḥarām speech, conversation, thoughts and sight” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 14 April

  Ramadan 2021 – Day 2: Switch

  

  “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.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 13 April

  Ramadan 2021 – 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

June, 2020

• 11 June

  Guard Your Speech

  We are very unguarded when it comes to speech. Bodily actions require a lot of motivation and energy. Speaking, in contrast, requires little effort. We have a habit of always speaking, making a comment or offering an opinion on matters that do not concern us. Many scholars mention that if someone regards their speech as being deep, they will be …

May, 2020

• 23 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 30: Farewell

  

  “Such sweet sorrow as we bid farewell to a blessed month and welcome a festive day. May Allah grant us many more moons of Ramadan and Eid.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 22 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 29: 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.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 21 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 28: Spiritual Bends

  

  “One can prevent post-Ramadan ‘spiritual bends’ (decompression) by acclimatising through the 6 Shawwal fasts and other continued good deeds.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 20 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 27: True Knowledge

  

  “A smattering of learning often breeds arrogance. True knowledge, which ultimately is a realisation of one’s ignorance, instills humility.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 19 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 26: Legacy

  

  “Among other things, early Muslims have bequeathed us a truly astounding legacy of reciting and memorising the Quran, especially in Ramadan.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq