*FASTING NARROWS PASSAGES THE DEVIL HAS INSIDE THE SERVANT OF ALLAH*~*A SECRET BETWEEN THE SERVANT & HIS LORD* SUBHAN ALLAH .{SUPERB}~

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FASTING. The objective behind fasting is to restrain the   soul from it's desires and to prevent it from those things,   which are beloved to it.  And its purpose is to control the soul’s strength,  so that it can be prepared to attain what   is found in it [the fast]   from success and joy for the soul.  Through the fast, one curbs his/her hunger   and thirst and is reminded  of the condition of the hungry stomachs   of needy people. Through fasting, one narrows the passages  the Devil has inside the servant (of Allah)  by narrowing the passage of food and drink. Also, it prevents the forces of the limbs from getting too accustomed to   things that are harmful to it in this world and the Hereafter.  And each of the soul’s body limbs and energies can cease their rebelliousness (to Allah)   and be harnessed by its bridle. So therefore, the fast is the bridle  of those who fear and obey Allah.  and the shield of those wage war against their desires.  It is a garden for the righteous and devoted servants of Allah. And it is for the Lord of the worlds,  over all other actions done to please Allah !  This is since the person who fasts,  in fact does nothing, he merely abandons his desire  and his food for the sake of the One whom he worships. So fasting is an abandonment of those things   that the soul loves and desires... preferring instead Allah’s love and contentment. And it is a secret kept between the servant and his Lord    no one else is aware of it. Fasting has an amazing effect in preserving  one’s outer limbs and inner capacities as well as protecting the soul from being overtaken by destructive components,  which can ruin and destroy it.  And it has a remarkable effect in causing all the harmful things   that prevent the soul  from being healthy to be emptied out. So fasting guards and protects the health of the person’s heart  and body limbs.  And it returns to the soul all that  the hands  of the desires has taken from it. So it is from the greatest ways of  improving one’s Taqwa !  Allah {Azza Wa Jal} says...   “O you who believe, Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed   for those before you in order that you attain Taqwa.”  {Source: 'Qur`an'~ Surat Al Baqarah~ A # 185.}     The Prophet (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said...  “Fasting is a shield.” And he commanded those who had intense desires for marriage  but were not able to marry, to observe fasting,    making it a shield against those desires (of marriage).  When the benefits of fasting are born witness   to by sensible minds and upright intuitions,  one will come to realize that  Allah prescribed it as a mercy for mankind, goodness to them and  a protection and shield for them. The Prophet’s (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) guidance concerning  it was the most perfect of guidance,  and the best for reaching the desired objective  and the easiest on the soul. Since restraining the soul from what it loves and desires  is from the most difficult and hardest of things,  its obligation was delayed until the middle of Islam, after the Hijrah.  This was at the point when the Tawhid and the Prayer had become   firmly  established in the souls of the Muslims   and when they loved the commands of Allah.  So their souls were lead to its obligations in gradual steps. It became obligatory in the second year of Hijrah. When Prophet (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) died,  he had fasted nine (9) Ramadans in total.  Originally, it was obligated as an option left to the people to choose whether they wanted to fast or to feed needy people every day.  Then that option was transferred into the final obligatory fasting. And the matter of feeding people was left only for the old men  and women who did not have the ability to fast. Fasting had three (3) stages.  The first stage was its being obligated with the  option of fasting or feeding a needy person.  In the second stage, only the fasting was allowed, but if the person fasting slept before breaking his fast, he was forbidden from eating   and drinking until the following night.  This was abrogated in the third stage.  And this is the stage at which the Religion has settled with   until the Day of Judgement.  {Alhamdulillah}🤲  My 'Salaams' to all  *****************************             Y a s m i n.                   "Never  Despair  Of  The  Mercy  Of  Allah"     "I Want to Die With my Forehead on the Ground, The Sunnah in my Heart, Allah on my Mind, Qur'an on my Tongue, and Tears in my Eyes!" In Shaa Allah 'Aameen' **************************************************** [Source: Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (Allah be pleased with him)  [Abridged from his book Zaad al-Ma'ad ~Muntaqaa Newsletter: 1/9]|Translator:abu maryam| ====================================================================================================== Courtesy: This beneficial mail was shared by Sister Yasmin.  May Allah Bless & reward her generously! (Ameen) (Ameen)(Ameen)  'Aameen' Wa Iyyak Brother Usman ~ 'Jazak Allah Khair' for your generous 'Duaas' !   The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “When Allah wishes good for someone,  He bestows upon him the understanding of the Deen.” [Bukhari]  Brother in faith Mohammad Usman (KSA)

 

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