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Only once in the Entire Holy Quran
does Allah talk about Ramadan, and for

Muslims all over the world when think
of Ramadan the first thing comes to

our mind is “Fasting and Food ” .. Oh
my brothers and sisters the first

day is gonna be a long day and I
am gonna be so hungry and thirsty.

And we start thinking of food and
drink immediately over and over again

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It’s Osama anNashar and this MYPODCAST

Fasting is not something
unique to the Muslims.

It has been practiced for centuries
in connection with religious

ceremonies by Christians, Jews,
Hindus, Jains and many others.

The Roman Catholic, Some Native American
and Native north Americans societies,

Past nations of the Old World, such as
the Assyrians and the Babylonians, They

all associated fasting with penitence
and purification, they fasted to avert

catastrophe or to serve as penance for
sin, to avert threatening disasters.

So it wasn’t all about Food or being
hungry and thirsty or understanding

the compassion towards the deprived.

Allah mentions in the holy Quran “O you
who believe, fasting is prescribed for you

as it was prescribed for those before you,
that you may develop God consciousness.”

Islam is the only religion
that has retained the outward

and spiritual dimensions of
fasting throughout centuries.

Selfish motives and desires of the
base-self alienate a man from Allah.

The most unruly human emotions are pride,
avarice, gluttony, lust, envy, and anger.

These emotions by their nature are
not easy to control, thus a person

must strive hard to discipline them.

We fast to purify our souls,
it puts a bridle on the

most , savage human emotions.

We Muslims fast to develop
self-control, It’s all about

controlling all bodily pleasures.

Not only is food forbidden,
but also any sexual activity.

All things which are regarded as
prohibited is even more so in Ramadan..

Each and every moment during the fast,
a person suppresses their passions and

desires in loving obedience to Allah.

This kind of consciousness of duty and
the spirit of patience is to strength

our faith and gain self-control.

A person who abstains from permissible
things like food and drink likely

to feel conscious of his sins.

A promoted sense of spirituality is
to break the bad habits for example

lying, gossiping, and wasting time.

But Why do we think about food in Ramadan?

Have you ever stopped to consider
what relationship you have got

with food in Ramadan and Fasting
or even in your life in general?

If you’re interested to know all about it,
just keep on watching, I’ll be right back.

You want to answer that?

Don't you?

I bet it's just killing you.

Seeing the soft glow, just inches away.

Someone wants to tell you
something or ask you something.

Oh, come on, answer it already.

Just so we're clear.

That wasn't my fault.

Next time.

Ignore your inner voice.

Don't text and drive.

We don’t often think we have a
relationship with food, and yet

we do — and it’s pretty intimate.

we spend as much or more time
with food than we do with anything

else like worshipping Allah or
spending time with beloved ones

or even doing an important thing.

food is only fuel for living.

That’s all — nothing else.

And yet … it 's becomingso
much more to all of us:

• we use food for pleasure

• we use it for comfort

• we turn to food when we’re sad,
depressed, hurt, bored and lonely

• we use food to socialize

• we use it as a gift

• food can also be a chore

• food can be associated with
marriage specially in Egypt

• sometimes, food becomes an obsession

• it definitely can be an addiction

• food is the center of many
billion-dollar industries

In fact, the huge food-related industries
are at the center of much of our

relationship with food: restaurants,
fast-food chains, convenience foods,

agribusinesses, distributors, grocery
chains, snack foods, bakeries,

coffee shops, dessert chains, health
food, diet foods, supplements,

bodybuilding food, and many others.

They spend billions upon billions every
year trying to get us to eat more and

more food — their food in particular
— and the horrifying thing is that

all this advertising , really works.

We have been convinced that the
answer to almost any problem is food.

You truly love someone?

Buy them chocolates, or take them to
a restaurant, or cook them a meal.

Want to lose weight?

Eat diet food.

Want to get fit?

Take our supplements.

Want to be healthy?

We’ve got you healthy products.

Want to reward yourself?

There are too many options to name here.

Having a bad day?

We’ve got the food for you.

Don’t have time?

Our food will definitely save your time.

Want to save money?

Buy super size and “save”.

Oh do you wanna lose weight in Ramadan?

By eating, apparently like you're
stating the obvious — eat diet food,

drink diet shakes, eat Zone bars, eat
vegan products, drink our diet soda.

Food is apparently an
answer to everything!

And we forgot that food is just fuel.

We need to eat a certain amount to
live and if we eat more than that,

we will store some fat in our body.

But what if we … just ate less?

we don’t need to eat as
much as we do to survive.

Sure, maybe eating that much is
fun, , and will stave off boredom,

and is fun to do with friends and
family, specially in Ramadan and so on.

But we don’t need to eat that much.

.
I know The problem isn’t that it’s
so difficult to eat lessor more . The

problem is that we have a complicated
relationship with food that started

when we were toddlers and has become
more and more complicated through years,

But let’s make use of Ramadan, control
our bodily pleasures and desires, start

building a new relationship with food:

• Stop eating when you’re bored,
out of habit, as a reward, for

pleasure, for comfort, etc.

• Only eat what and how much we need.

• Stop obsessing so much about food.

• End your addiction with certain
foods — sugar, for example.

how much simpler Ramadan and
Fasting and you’re life in general

would be if you could end this
complicated relationship with food?

Some changes that might happen:

• You’d spend less time thinking about food
and think of other better things to do.

• You’d spend you, your sisters,
wives, mothers less time

preparing food and getting off
the pressure of cooking too much.

• You’d spend less money on food.

• You’d eat less.

• You’d get much better and healthier.

It’s incredible that in the Quran when
Allah has introduced us to the month of

Ramadan, He hasn’t introduced fasting,
Food being hungry and thirsty, Allah says:

The month of Ramadan is in
which the Quran was sent down

so the first thing we need to think
of During the month of Ramadan is

Quran .. So if you wanna fulfill the
purpose of Ramadan, then it has to

be completely and wholly for Quran,
it’s the real guidance for all of us.

We’ve to start reading Quran, Studying
Quran, Reflecting, Thinking of Quran

like we’ve never read it before.

If you already reached that part of
my podcast, I'd like to thank you so

much and Ramadan Mubarak insha'Allah.

Wish you to have blissful days and may
the peace and the mercy of Almighty Allah

shine upon you and your beloved ones.