Fasting – The Pen Magazine

Why fasting for disciplining the lower-self?

The Pen30/04/202131/03/2022

“No! Undoubtedly, man really goes beyond his limits (rebelliously) because he sees himself free from need!” (96, 6-7) Why and how the fasting is related to disciplining the lower-self (nafs)?...

Issue 35

Fasting time in the Arctic Circle

The Pen30/04/202119/05/2021

How can those who live in or close to the North Pole region and have problems in the formation of evening and dawn times set the time of fasting? As...

The fourth pillar of Islam: fasting

The Pen03/05/201931/03/2022

The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting in the month of Ramadan, the month in which the Qur’an was revealed, in solidarity with the poor, and as a spiritual exercise...

Ramadan: the golden opportunity

İdris Tüzün06/06/201631/03/2022

Titled as the sultan of the eleven months a new blessed Ramadan is coming. We live in the end times. We commit many sins and are addicted to various of...

A Garden of Truths Editor's Picks Issue 19

Fasting and Allah’s Lordship

The Pen09/07/201331/03/2022

The fast of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it is one of the greatest of the marks and observances of Islam. There are many purposes...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Medical Interpretation of Fasting

The Pen15/08/201114/08/2014

Fasting Against Obesity, the Disease of the Era First, I will inform you about obesity, and then I will compare numerous but generally ineffective current treatments with Islamic approaches. The...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

King’s Open Treasury Day

Hamza Berat15/08/201114/08/2014

In a far distant country was an old man. During his lifespan, had he loads of opportunities to collect some money for his old age but he failed to do...

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Blessed Months, Ramadan, Fasting

Yunus Emre Pehlivan09/06/201131/03/2022

The change of individuals affects whole society somehow. The blessed three months, Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadan- which are the months of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Allah (SWT) and the Muslim Ummah...

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