Author: Shahid Bolsen

Fasting is an integral component of training for the struggle against oppression. The tyranny of desires and urges, the oppression of wants and appetites, of selfishness, are all subdued by fasting. The fast liberates one from the slavery of the soul to its various hungers, and this strengthens the soul and increases one’s courage. Remember…

Human beings have a tremendous capacity for self-deception. We create standards for ourselves, and we can always convince ourselves that we have met those standards, because it is completely subjective. This relativist approach to self-evaluation is characteristic of kufr and nifaaq. The universal standard which eliminates the problem of subjectivity is the objective standard of…