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~*~wrongdoings Of Fasting~*~; things ruin a fast....
Topic Started: Oct 30 2004, 07:59 PM (60 Views)
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Wrongdoings of Fasting

Question: What are wrongdoings of Fasting -- acts which marr and have a bad
effect on the fast?

Answer: A person who is fasting should refrain from all wrong doings, which if
present during a fast, obliterate all its blessings.Although these wrongs are
many, but there are some about which everyone should be aware of at all times.


One of these wrongs is that people tend to make Ramadan a month of festivities
and fun time.They think that they are not answerable for the extravagance made
in this month.They relish everything they eat. The result is that instead of trying to discipline themselves they end up pampering themselves. Throughout their fasts they keep dreaming about the delicious things they will eat once the fast is over.The result is that they end up learning nothing from their fasts.

To prevent such a thing from happening, it is necessary that a person should
eat just enough to keep him working and not make eating the sole object of his
life.Whatever is obtainable without too much of an effort should be eaten with
thankfulness to the Almighty.Whatever is presented by the family should be consumed without fuss even if it is not tempting. The rich instead of overindulging
themselves should give more to the needy and the poor. This is something which increases the blessings of fasting and has been commended by the Prophet (sws).

The second wrongdoing one often comes across is that because hunger provokes
makes anger, people instead of making fasting a way of correcting it give hunger
as a reason to justify it. They tend to quarrel at the slightest pretext with their wives and children and those under them. They do not hesitate to utter any slighting remark which come to their mind and sometimes if matters get out
of hand even resort to abusing and beating. After this they tend to defend themselves by saying that things like this happen during fasting. {:( asa mein kerti houn cry Allah ji maaf karein mereko duaa Ameen }

The remedy which the Prophet (sws) of God has suggested in this regard is that
instead of using fasting as an instigation for anger one should use it as a shield
and whenever a person is incited he should remind himself that he is fasting. If we can remember this every time we get angry, we will see that slowly and gradually the greatest provocation tends to lose its sting. Once we realise that we can conquer the Satan within our soul, this feeling of conquest gives us peace and a sense of greatness. Thus such a reminder becomes a means of our correction.


The third wrongdoing often perpetrated in fasting is that a lot of people, when
restricted from eating and enjoying some other pleasures of life, tend to keep
themselves busy with other things which they think would not harm their fast. They play cards, read novels, listen to music, watch movies, sit among friends and gossip, and even indulge in backbiting. When one’s stomach is empty, one tends to enjoy his brothers’ meat more. The result is that sometimes a person begins his morning with one of these pastimes and ends when the Mu’adhin announces the break of fast. It is obvious that all these things ruin a fast.

One solution to this problem is that a person should try to remain silent in
respect of his fast and at least for this month put a lock on his tongue.Allah’s Prophet (sws) says that if a person keeps telling all sorts of true and false things during his fast, then God does not need his abstinence from food and drink.


The second remedy for this is that whatever time he has to spare, he should spend it in the study of the Qur’an and Hadith and in understanding his religion.He should try to learn some of the supplications mentioned in the Qur’an and also those narrated in the Ahadith. In this way, he will keep away from the above mentioned activities and later use this store of prayers to remember his God.


The fourth wrongdoing in this regard is that sometimes a person does not fast for God but just under pressure of his family or to prevent other people to think badly of him or just to put on a religious posture. This is also quite obviously something which negates the purpose of a fast.

The cure for this is that every person should keep reminding himself about the
importance of fasting and think that if he is going to abstain from food and other things then why not for Allah. Apart from Ramadan, he should keep additional non-obligatory fasts and try to conceal them and hope that the obligatory ones will also one day be for Allah alone.
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thanx for sharing these beautiful ariticals!!!
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Jazak Allah very nice sharing
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