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Focusing on food; to the extent that people begin to worry about eating more than actually fasting. This also goes along with spending tons of money on Iftars even though a person does not need to eat that much food. Making Suhr way before Fajr. Some people eat Suhr a few hours after Tarawih or Isha Salah, this is wrong. It should be eaten closer to the time of Fajr. People don't make Niyyah [intentions] to fast for Ramadhan. This is something in the heart and does not need to be verbal. Also ... [Continue Reading]

“…One should not overeat while breaking the fast to the point that he fills his stomach, as there isn’t any container that Allah hates more than a full stomach. How can one benefit from fasting and subdue this enemy and break this desire if he breaks his fast by making up for it through eating everything that he missed out on during the day? In fact, some even eat more than they usually would during the day! This habit has continued to the point that so many types of food are prepared for ... [Continue Reading]

“O you who believe! Fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become pious. Fast for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number should be made up from other days. And as for those who can fast with difficulty, they have to feed a poor person. But, whoever does good of his own accord, it is better for him. And that you fast, it is better for you if only you knew” [I] “It is, as the Lord of Glory Said, a fixed ... [Continue Reading]

Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts. Firstly, it is a secret and hidden action thus, no one from the creation is able to see it. Therefore showing off cannot enter into it. Secondly, it is a means of subjugating the enemies of Allah. This is because the road that the enemies (of Allah) embark upon (in order to misguide the Son of Adam) is that of desires.. Know that in the fast is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close ... [Continue Reading]

The deen of Islam is great which is apparent as it comes from the One who is Great; and it is from His attribute of Greatness that He is Kind and Merciful. Allah the Most High has made it easy for us to obey Him and has made it easily accessible to us and facilitated our performance of it. He has legislated actions of worship in a way that would inspire within us a desire to perform them while hastening to do so. Believing in Allah is the first pillar of Islam and epitomises all of the pillars ... [Continue Reading]

Tothma'inah is Tranquility. Allah says: "Those who believe and whose hearts find tothma'inah in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find tothma'inah." [Al-Qur'an 13:28] "O you the one with Tothma'inah! Come back to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then among My honored slaves, and enter My Paradise." [Al-Qur'an 89:27-30] Tothma'inah is the satisfaction of the heart with circumstances without any sense of anxiety or ... [Continue Reading]