“Fasting does not mean only renunciation of eating and drinking rather it has conditions which must be followed strictly in order to have a complete and perfect fast which means internal silence. Did not you hear the reply of Mary daughter of Imran who said to the people: ‘I have vowed a fast for Allah-Almighty, therefore, today will speak to none i.e. since, I am fasting therefore must be quiet.’ So, when you observe fast protect your tongue from lying, don’t be angry, don’t curse, don’t be rude, don’t argue and dispute, due to ignorance don’t reject or be indecent to each other, don’t be negligent from Allah’s remembrance. Continuously practice silence, contemplation, patience and keep distance from the wicked people. Assign importance to the Hereafter. You must look forward for the day when Allah’s Promise will be fulfilled and collect some provisions for Allah’s countenance. Poise dignity, humbleness, humility, and fear like a servant who is afraid of his master should be practiced; should remain in the state of hope and fear. If you cleansed and purified your heart from faults, your inner self from conceit and treachery, your body from pollution, renounced every thing other than Allah, accepted His Guardianship through fasting, and preventing inner and outer self from performance of Allah’ s forbidden things, respected Allah’s rights by remaining afraid outwardly and inwardly because of His presence, during fasting donated your self to Allah Almighty, purified and cleansed your heart for Allah-Almighty and assigned him to act in accordance to His commands. If you observed fast in a manner described above, then indeed you really are a true fast observer and have discharged your duty well. But in as much as you deviated from the above criteria, your fast be considered as deficient and incomplete in the same proportion. Because, fasting is not limited only to renunciation of eating and drinking rather Allah-Almighty has made fasting a veil for other actions and sayings which make fasting canceled. Therefore, how small is the number of fast observers and how large is the number of the hungry ones.” Imam Sadiq (as), Wasail al-Shi’a, vol. 7, p-119.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:27:51 +0000
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