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Are You Really Fasting?; Intention is Everything - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

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Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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- Why do we fast for 30 days?
- Report from Uni of Southern California finds that fasting for as little as 3 days will regenerate the immune system
- Many of the Sunnat fasts in Islam are done in sets of 3
- There are many benifits to fasting, such as health, and unity, but these are all side issues
- The spiritual dimension is the main purpose of fasting, to achieve taqwa, or elevate our current state
- Three levels of fasting: heart, tongue, stomach
- Basic level of fasting: refraining from bodily desires
- Moral level: refraining from misuse of other faculties of the body
- Spiritual level: spiritual focus on Allah
- Reciting the Qur'an in Ramadhan
- Reciting the wrong duas during Ramadhan nights
- Consideration of the community during programs

PDF on rulings of Fidya vs Kaffara:
www.islam4u.info/PDFs/Fasting-MedicalIssues-OldAge(chart)-SMRIZVI.pdf

Lecture on Fasting Rules:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfGna0gKqG0

Rulings on Fasting:
http://jaffari.org/resources/al-furqan.asp


"A report from scientists of Uni. of South California found that fasting for 3 days can regenerate the entire immune system, even in the elderly. It's interesting to see that many of our Sunnat fasts are done in sets of 3 days."

"We think Ramadhan comes and goes. We have to look at the level of fasting we attained last year, and where we want to go this year."

"There are 3 levels of fasting. The basic level, refraining from bodily desires. Moral level, refraining from misuse of other bodily faculties (eyes, ears, tongue, hands). Spiritual level, spiritual focus on God, ignoring mundane issues of the world."

"I think sometimes we have to also go through the fast of silence because we overuse our tongues. Most problems from the family level, to the community, to the international level, come from the words of the tongue."

"Fasting is not only refraining from food and drink. When you fast, everything else should fast with you. Your ears, your eyes, your tongue, your belly, & your privates." - 6th Imam

"We have many powerful, far reaching means of communication. But they are still under the limits of right and wrong."

"The size of this organ [the tongue] is very small, but the crime of this organ is very big."

"Rasulullah says 'Have you ever wondered why we have eyelids and lips?' If you see something haram just close your eyes. If you say something filthy, then close your lips."

 "Duas are not like salaat, which you have to perform regardless. Duas are only meaningful if you understand what you are saying. Dua means calling out to God. What kind of call would it be if you don't know what it means?"

"When you pray salat you are donig something. when you give charity you're doign something. Hajj, you're doing something. All good deeds involve doing something. THere is a chance of showing off even if not intended. But when it comes to fasting, it cant be shown to anyone. This leads to a higher chance of sincerity,"

MP3: https://s3.amazonaws.com/JCC/Ramadhan/1435/Nightof1stRamadhan1435_Rizvi_2014-06-28_204521393.mp3

Night of 1st Ramadhan 1435
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: June 28th, 2014

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