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Ramadan 2018 – Day 11: Raised Voices

Ramaḍān is the last of times to argue or raise our voices.

Fasting makes a person conscious of Allāh. When a person is conscious of Allāh, he will be cautious of Allāh. This is Taqwá.

The purpose of fasting is to create Taqwá. The route to Taqwá is purity of speech.

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.

It is easy to abstain from food but avoiding a slip of the tongue is difficult. Ramaḍān is a good time to practice silence.

For eleven months of the year we starve the rūḥ and lavish all our attention on the external carriage (our physical body).

Ramaḍān is a month of training, to allow us to refrain from harām and all harmful things including vulgar speech.

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 Haram.

Our fast should be of quality. Avoid all forms of harām – abstain from harām speech, conversation, thoughts, and sight.