Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
All lectures

Fasting I 9th May 07

Clip length
30 sec
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Sawm as eternal worship in spirit
“Sawm in its present form is a specific ibadah”
2 min 34 sec
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Adam's restricted freedom in Paradise
“You know, when God Almighty created Adam, He settled him in Paradise”
30 sec
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Sawm symbol of restricted freedom
“Sawm or fasting is a symbol of this kind of injunction”
3 min 2 sec
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Sawm trains desire and ego management
“Then, you know, man has many mean desires, different kinds of desires”
6 min 10 sec
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Sawm spirit prevents factionalism
“Here, I would add that Sawm is not anything else”
5 min 11 sec
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Sawm teaches gratitude and self-restraint
“We take everything for granted. So we lose the spirit of shukr”
42 sec
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Sawm as weapon against Satan
“Then Sawm or fasting makes you able to fight your greatest enemy”
3 min 3 sec
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Sawm awakens mind through Quran
“And as far as my experience is concerned, one aspect of Sawm is”