“Ya Muhammad, tell the people to fast, and through this, make them realize the difficulties of others. Through the fast, they will understand their own difficulties, and realize how they lose strength and courage. Within a month and ten days, within these forty days, they will experience how their bodies change, lose strength, and become fatigued. Upon perceiving this, may they realize the immense suffering of those who face this all year round. Make them realize this. Make them realize the sorrow and hardship of those who face hunger and starvation, year after year, with no place to live, no house, no land...Make them perceive this suffering through the fast, and tell them to give others a place to live. Make them understand the hunger of others and distribute food. Make them give unto others house, land, and clothing similar to their own. May each life be given what is rightfully its own. O Muhammad, tell them this,” God declared. ~Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (ra) The Fast of Ramadan:The Inner Heart Blossoms bmf.org/ramadan/chapter2.html
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:26:03 +0000
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