Q.2: What is the importance of fast in Islaam? Ans. The importance of “Saum” (fast) can be gauged from the fact that: 1. It is the fourth of five pillars of Islaam. 2. Fasts help maintain health and develop the body well. 3. Fasts cleanse and purify the heart, mind and soul. 4. Fasts acquaint […]
Ans. The fasts of Ramadaan were made compulsory in the 2nd year of Hijraah when the believers had become accustomed to the belief of “Tauheed” (monotheism), prayer and other Quraanic injunctions. Since the fasting is equally necessary for the poor and rich under Islaamic principles, that’s why it is wrong to say that Muslims often […]
THE WISDOM BEHIND FASTING There are reasons and wisdom behind every single act in Islaam, no matter how small. It is possible to know the wisdom behind some acts, and for others we may never know. Salaat, for instance, is a daily training for purifying the believer and reminding him or her that he/she is a member in […]
Fasting is a universal institution in as much as all the religions of the world. It is reported in Tafseer e Kabeer that fasting was compulsory on all the previous nations, from the nation of Hazrat Aadam [Alaiehis-Salaam] to the nation of Hazrat Ieesaa [Alaiehis-Salaam] It has been practiced in different cultures around the world, […]
![Hazrat Maulana Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh] Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh) (February 2, 1930 – April, 24 1984) was a Pakistani religious scholar and orator.](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jC4XFgai3Qg/V1oStd9ME0I/AAAAAAAABPg/2O4mNDPLR_IeePGRZpK6N8CQmvAv3TSQQCLcB/s320/OK-SML-SHAFEE%2BOKARVI--2014.jpg "Hazrat Maulana Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh] Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh) (February 2, 1930 – April, 24 1984) was a Pakistani religious scholar and orator.")
He was one of the founders of the Jamaa’at-e-Ahle-Sunnat Pakistan and the Gulzaar-e-Habeeb Trust. He has received various honors from the Pakistani government and private institutes including the Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Over a span of thirty eight years, Maulana Okarvi had delivered over 18,000 speeches on many religious topics. Among his followers Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi), he is […]
