MASTERING THE ART OF SELF RESTRAINT :
“Ramadan is Muslim’s holy month. During these 30 days Muslims abstain themselves from eating or drinking”. This is what I have explained to one of my non Muslim friends. But is it really so? Does Ramadan only limited to abstaining ourselves from eating or drinking for hours ?Talking to her made me realise that we as Muslims, are also seldom focusing on the purpose of fasting and are far from the actual meaning of Ramadan. Ramadan, the holy month given to us is way beyond the concept of stomach fasting .It is about learning self discipline ,self control, sacrifice, empathy for those who are less fortunate and downtrodden, brotherhood, it teaches us to be more pious and Shields our immorality. But the most important lesson that I want to main light in this article is 'self restraint' or self control restraint imposes by oneself on one’s own actions. Specially, in this digital era ,where we are seeing each human creation of Allah, despite of any age , being stuck to the screen,...
