DO NOT WASTE YOUR FAST! Perhaps the fasting person will fast | Beneficial Books

DO NOT WASTE YOUR FAST!

Perhaps the fasting person will fast and his hunger, thirst, and fatigue will be intense, but he has no reward with Allāh عز و جل because his tongue gained mastery over him by way of impermissible speech, and his vision gained mastery over him by way of looking at what is impermissible, and his ears gained mastery over him by way of listening to what is impermissible. Therefore, in reality, he has not fasted. He has only abandoned food and drink. Therefore, he has worn himself out to no avail. Hence, fasting comprises all of these things: fasting of the stomach from food, drink and the rest of that which nullifies the fast, as well as the fasting of the hearing from every impermissible speech and the fasting of the vision from everything that Allāh has made impermissible to look at, and the fasting of the tongue from speaking with lewdness and sin. Therefore, one's entire body fasts. Also, one's hands and feet fast from walking towards what Allāh has prohibited and striking what Allāh has prohibited.

Book: Sittings in the Month of Ramadān
By Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān
Translated by Raha Batts and Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
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