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The Fasting Body and the Feasting Soul: Receiving Ramadan

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Root: Ra Ma Da – literally means to ‘burn’

لِأَنَّهُ تُرْمَضُ فِيهِ الذُّنُوبُ أَيْ تُحْرَقُ لِأَنَّ الرَّمْضَاءَ شِدَّةُ الْحَرِّ

‘ramdaa’ (رمضاء) means severe heat

A servant’s sins are burned away in Ramadan.

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رمضان

Ramadan

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  • Ramadan

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Word Association

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Ramadan: Qur’ān�Fasting �Du‘a

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وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

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Du’a

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The source of Mercy in Ramadan�The Reason�Read

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Qur’an

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2 types of fast:

1. Physical Fast

2. Spiritual Fast

Consistent with the 2 components of the Human Being:

1. Physical Body

2. Spirit / Soul (Ruh)

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Fasting

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Physical Body

وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ

Spirit / Soul (Ruh)

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

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Body & Soul

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Additionally:

وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَٰنِكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْعَـٰلِمِينَ

The Heavens and the Earth

Your Tongues and Your Colors

Body & Soul

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  • Start and End on time
  • Suhur
  • Eat Halal
  • Miscellaneous Rulings

Physical Fast

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  • “Fasting is a shield as long as you do not rip it apart.”
  • Guard your tongue. (speech is heavenly)
  • Guard your ears. (first medium of learning)
  • Guard your eyes. (arrow)
  • Guard your minds.

Spiritual Fast

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“Many will fast, but they will have nothing from their fast except hunger.”

Spiritual Fast

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According to Imam Ghazali: �3 Types of Fast:

  • The fast of the ordinary
  • The fast of the select
  • The fast of the elite among the select

3 Types of

Fasts

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Restoring Balance, Restoring Our Fitrah

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفاً فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Restoring Balance, Restoring Fitrah

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