Worshipping all year round
Businesses thrive in the holidays but they are still open all year round, as they need to earn a living.
Muslims thrive in Ramadan but they still worship all year round, as they need to earn Jannah.
Shaykh Dawood Seedat
Category: Ramadan Quotes
Backbiting the Huffaz
It is a sin to stand outside the Masjid and backbite about the Huffaz who are leading Taraweeh.
Maulana Dawood Seedat
Purity of speech
Spirit of the masjid
“The spirit of the masjid is calmness and tranquility. Masjids are a place of silence and contemplation, of dignity and respect.”
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Weak Nafs
“The shayatīn (devils) are locked up in Ramaḍān so why do we still sin? The shayatīn are chained but we remain unchained – our nafs is weak.”
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Meaning of I’tikaf
“The original meaning of i’tikāf was to devote oneself and focus oneself on something to the exclusion of everything else. Ramaḍān is a form of iʿtikāf for the entire month.
We should treat the whole of ramadan as a spiritual retreat where we devote ourselves to, and focus on, the ibaadah of Allah to the exclusion of everything else.”
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
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time to change
The atmosphere and climate of Ramadan has a positive effect – it is a good time to change.
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Avoid bad speech
Fasting involves passively avoiding food and drink
but actively avoiding bad speech.
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
Become a better person
“Committing certain sins has become second nature to us; there is no remorse, guilt or repentance. To deal with this, we need a higher level of consciousness. We need to constantly review and meditate upon what we need to do to become a better person.”
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
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Knowledge of the Quran
“We cannot remain ignorant about the words of Allāh; we have a duty to understand and gain knowledge about the words of the Qurʾān.”
Shaykh Riyadh ul Haq
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