Excerpt from a post by a friend: "But allow me to go more deep. I found out there is a type of fasting that is worse than not having food for 16 hours. That is the fasting of your heart. Let me ask you. How many times do you get angry and stop talking to someone? Do you realize you are making your heart fast from the love of that person? How many times you have ignored someone because you are "busy"? Do you realize you are taking time of your heart from the love of others? How many times you have just given up on what you really wanted? How many times have you just let go someone you love without a hug or an apology or a simple Allah Hafiz? How many times have you lost a prayer? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU MAKE UR HEART FAST FROM LOVE? So yes, this is my first Ramadan Alhamdullillah and I found out there is a kind of fasting worse than fasting of food. Fasting of food is easier compared to fasting from the love as you never know if you will have a second chance to feed it. Allah is watching us. There is something I love about Islam and actually it is one of the reasons I embraced it. Islam is not just a religion, it is a lifestyle. Many of us might be fasting during Ramadan for more than 14 hours but it does not mean that we will change. I believe people can change. That is what I work for. But changing is about actions. So let me ask you now. What are you doing to feed your heart? What are you doing for those who love you? What are you doing for those who live with you? What are you doing to help yourself? I believe we can’t give what we don’t have. So we can’t pretend to give love if we don’t love ourselves and others for the sake of Allah. So I invite you today to feed your heart with the love of Allah, the love of those who are around you, the love of your friends and family, and then I invite you to feed other’s hearts. If every Muslim does this the world would be different... Ramadan taught me Allah is magnificent, so magnificent, that He gave us everything to do something for others as well, so magnificent that He surrounded us with people who love us. But it is our decision to do something with it. May Allah bless all of you. If you liked it, share it. But more importantly if you liked it do something... Fasting from food is easy but fasting from love is not and YOU CAN CHANGE THAT. I might not know you. You might not know me. But I LOVE YOU FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH." nice
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:56:42 +0000