Morning Reminder. Saturday 8th day of Ramadan. Our reminders continue on points to note whilst fasting. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. POINT 8: Teaching the young to worship Allah.It was the practice of the people of Madinah to get their children to fast with them some times. When the children would cry of hunger and thirst, their parents would distract their attention by giving them some sort of toy to play with. The children would break their fast with their parents. (as mentioned in al-Bukhari).So the young should be brought to the masjid and they should pray with their parents, so that they are able to get into the habit of becoming worshippers of Allah. If one does not encourage children to fast when they are young, they will find it very difficult to fast for thirty days at the age of puberty. This is why the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said, Command your children to pray at the age of seven and beat them at the age of ten (if they do not pray. (Hakim)There is yet another consideration for the fasters of Ramadan, although this is not something we usually consider as the motivation for following Allahs command, and that is the physical and medical advantages usually associated with fasting.We are ordered to take care of our health and provide our body with its rights over us. Our prophet, (Peace and blessings be upon him), told us our body has rights on us and in one hadith he said, The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, and there is good in everyone. Sahih Muslim. Please Make dua for others while you are fasting and dont forget me, In shaa Allah. May Allah accept our fasting and put us in His Jannah. Aamin.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:49:32 +0000
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