Understanding The Prophet's Life
From Issue: 945 [Read full issue]
Month of Patience
"This is indeed the month of patience, and the reward for true patience is paradise." [Bukhari]
Even if great difficulty is experienced in prescribed fasting, one should bear it cheerfully with patience; one should not complain, as people are likely to do during the hot summer days. Similarly, if the pre-dawn meal is missed, one should not complain. Should we feel fatigued at the time of the Special Prayer (tarawih), this too should be borne with patience. Do not consider it a great imposition or trial otherwise these performances may lose credit with God. When we turn our back on worldly comforts, forsake our eating and drinking for the sake of livelihood, then in comparison with God's pleasure what are these little difficulties?
Compiled From:
"The Virtues of Ramadan Seen Through the Traditions" - Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi