Ramadan: A Month of Purification

Fasting breaks ones arrogance and stubbornness. It makes one realize the reality of life that is his helplessness on ijz. Man is cut to size. Realizing one’s complete dependence on God, one prays truly from the heart. Such prayers connect him to God Almighty. Roza is, therefore, an opportunity or the meeting point between man and God. This meeting point is the last stage of helplessness, which makes you realize that God is all-powerful and man is helpless. FASTING FOR SELF-CONTROL x According to a saying of the Prophet of Islam, one who fasts should never stoop to using abusive language; if someone abuses him, he should simply say ‘I am fasting.’ (Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith No.