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April, 2021

• 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
• 18 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 25: Spiritual Nourishment

  

  “As a living being the soul needs nourishment, nurture and protection to survive and thrive. This is Ramadan’s preparation for the whole year.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 16 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 24: Vulgarity

  

  “The first sin the Prophet ﷺ warned against while fasting is vulgarity. Let us observe the fast of the tongue by avoiding all obscenity.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 15 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 23: Sacred State

  

  “Let’s not fast passively and unconsciously, merely being hungry and thirsty, but actively remaining conscious of the sacred state we’re in.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 14 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 22: Culmination

  

  “The Prophet’s ﷺ devotion increased in Sh’aban, then again at the beginning of the new month, culminating in the last ten days of Ramadan.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 14 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 21: Last Ten

  

  “Aishah (ra) said, ‘When the last ten days would begin the Prophet ﷺ would fasten his cloth, keep vigil, and awaken his family.’ (al-Bukhari)” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 13 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 20: Higher Awareness

  

  “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.’” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq  
• 12 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 19: Inner Turmoil

  

  “Much of our inner turmoil is self inflicted as we, being dissatisfied with ourselves, are always trying to be someone else somewhere else.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
• 11 May

  Ramadan 2020 – Day 18: Hate

  

  “We may have reason to disagree but disagreement itself is no reason to hate. Our resentment is more a reflection of ourselves than others.” – Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq