Ramadan

Imam W. Deen Mohammed Study Library


"Ramadan is a time for fasting, and fasting really means refraining yourself from doing those things that will take your life into a bad condition. We are to do that all through the year we know, but in Ramadan we take an intensive course. So it's a whole month on intense studies and intense concentration that we get the best of what Allah swt wants.
So once a year the priest Aaron according to the Bible he would lead the people in atonement and the blood would be cleansed, the bad blood once a year. Now here we have a whole month once a year that's actually for purification it's for great purification of the soul and the carnal life or the flesh, mortal life to bring it to conform to the will of G'd"
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"Believe me, in Ramadan whatever you are able to do of good in Ramadan you can do it like superhuman. Your ability in Ramadan is like superhuman in comparison to what you could do outside of Ramadan. G'd blessed this month because so many millions of sincere pure souls are obeying Him in this month. So he loves this month more now than he did when he revealed the Qur'an in this month to Mohammed saw.
He loves this month many more times than he did before because so many pure souls are obeying Him with their complete devotion. And only failing when they can't help themselves. He loves this month so much more that he is more present with us in this month than he is with us in any other month, this month, the month of Ramadan." Allah u Akbar


And on the Night of Power - oh boy - He is with us and he's giving us the peak of His presence and inspiration, it's at the peak when we stand for the Night of Power. Now it doesn't have to be on the 27th, if we stand on any odd night of that month obeying Him through His Messenger saw we're obeying Him, then we get his presence at it's peak, and we get his spirit at it's peak, and His guidance at it's peak for us. Never will His guidance be stronger for you then in the month of Ramadan, and never will His guidance be stronger for you in the month of Ramadan than on the night when you stand in prayer, the Night of power. And this is not spooky, this is real"


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"Fasting is not for losing wait, fasting is not for making the body healthier, it does all that. Fasting is not for increasing your will power, it does that. Fasting is for increasing your purity and perfecting your obeisance to your G'd, fasting is Allah swt. He reveals to Mohammed our Prophet saw. Fasting is for me, G'd said that.
And look what he says, " The breath of the fasting person for G'd is as the most pleasant perfume" think about that. So your breath is smelling, it may offend me, your friends with your breath during the time of the fasting. You may even offend yourself, but Allah swt wants you to know," Feel comfortable with this bad time for your breath, it reaches only the humans that way. It reaches Me as the finest and the most pleasant perfume." Isn't that wonderful? This is a beautiful month Ramadan "


" ...And also remember to not only avoid food and drink during this month but avoid foolishness, accepting that into yourself is worst then breaking Ramadan with water and drink. Avoid vulgarity in the month of Ramadan, don't even entertain stuff like regular dancing that we see in the world, males and females dancing, whether dancing alone or with a partner. These dances mostly are vulgar dances, they are not decent at all. So don't even watch that stuff on the TV or movies during the fasting time. Stay away from that kind of stuff and you will straighten yourself, you will purify your will power, you will purify your spirit, and strengthen your willpower. stay away from anything that you know is not becoming of a conscious Muslim during the time of fasting. It is to train us and make us devote special attention. To concentrate more, to devote special attention to our own nature, our own life and our behavior to affect it perfectly if we possible can to Allah swt. So during this time be careful and avoid all the things and all influences that threaten to take you away or take you out of it, where it just makes you go to sleep to that excellence or to the obedience."