Holy Ramadan -- Learning from adversities
By- AHMED NOOR
It is said the best education we can ever receive is from the University of Adversity. Adversity can shape man and make strong. Noted philosopher William Samule Johnson said “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity” and another thinker and poet Saadi said “A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity”. It means comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Fasting is a forms of adversity in which observers undergo hunger and thirst. Noted Islamic writer Tariq Ramadan said “Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms.
As saying goes- A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. A hungry man can’t see right or wrong. Hungry man is angry man, he sees only food.
During the Ramadan, Muslims go through a good training of patience, calm and keep away evils and undesired emotions. They accustom their stomach to patience by not eating anything through they are hungry. They do not drink even a sip of water though their throats dry.
One who observer refrain from angry, backbiting and evil speak.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “If one of you is observing Saum (fast), he should avoid saying words that contain sexual matters, and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, ‘I am observing Saum (fast). He said “The strong person is not the one who can wrestle someone else down. The strong person is the one who can control himself when he is angry.”
The patience is shown until the end of Ramadan will bring the comfort of surrendering to God. Ramadan is an opportunity, a way to train ourselves in spirit and body, to show our love and commitment for God. Fasting teaches us the secrets of reconciliation, of transcending our weakness and our human contradictions: there can be no freedom without discipline, no true peace without struggle and resistance.
Maulana Mawdudi emphasized that fasting for a full month every year trains a person individually, and the Muslim community as a whole, in piety and self restraint.
By- AHMED NOOR
It is said the best education we can ever receive is from the University of Adversity. Adversity can shape man and make strong. Noted philosopher William Samule Johnson said “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity” and another thinker and poet Saadi said “A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity”. It means comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Fasting is a forms of adversity in which observers undergo hunger and thirst. Noted Islamic writer Tariq Ramadan said “Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms.
As saying goes- A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. A hungry man can’t see right or wrong. Hungry man is angry man, he sees only food.
During the Ramadan, Muslims go through a good training of patience, calm and keep away evils and undesired emotions. They accustom their stomach to patience by not eating anything through they are hungry. They do not drink even a sip of water though their throats dry.
One who observer refrain from angry, backbiting and evil speak.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “If one of you is observing Saum (fast), he should avoid saying words that contain sexual matters, and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, ‘I am observing Saum (fast). He said “The strong person is not the one who can wrestle someone else down. The strong person is the one who can control himself when he is angry.”
The patience is shown until the end of Ramadan will bring the comfort of surrendering to God. Ramadan is an opportunity, a way to train ourselves in spirit and body, to show our love and commitment for God. Fasting teaches us the secrets of reconciliation, of transcending our weakness and our human contradictions: there can be no freedom without discipline, no true peace without struggle and resistance.
Maulana Mawdudi emphasized that fasting for a full month every year trains a person individually, and the Muslim community as a whole, in piety and self restraint.
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