The Voice

During the month of Ramaḍān I am sure we are all accustomed to hearing about the virtues of Ramaḍān, the Qur’ān, fasting, and so on. However, there are two important aspects of fasting that we seldom do remember the spiritual significance of: Suḥūr and Iftār. For many of us, Iftār and Suhūr is not a spiritual experience, rather it is simply a means to only fill our stomachs. In this brief article I would like to mention some of the important Prophetic traditions related to these two aspects of our fast and their significance. In one Hadīth the Prophet (sall Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The one who fasts has two moments of happiness: when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord.”[1]