Sheikh Dhafer Al-Najjar: Wisdom of Fasting is Piety and Anticipating Good Deeds
- 2021-Sep-26
Among the daily virtual Ramadan lectures, The World Muslim Communities Council organized, on Saturday April 24, 2021, a lecture entitled "Spirituality of Ramadan", in which Sheikh Dhafer Al-Najjar, President of the Islamic Council of South Africa, spoke via the Council's social media pages.
Sheikh Dhafer Al-Najjar said that the wisdom of fasting is achieving piety, anticipating good deeds, and obtaining Allah's pleasure, explaining that piety has several levels that all lead to achieving success.
He added: “Fasting is a great worship for which we we rewarded performing” calling for the necessity of sincerity in worship, as fasting is a confirmation of devotion to the Creator alone.
Sheikh Dhafer Al-Najjar emphasized that Ramadan is an opportunity to purify the body from diseases, the soul from sins, as it is the month of mercy, forgiveness, and Allah thanking Allah for His blessings. He is stressing the importance of appreciation and gratitude for the blessings of the Creator and granting alms and charity, because good work leads us to forgiveness.
It is noteworthy that the World Muslim Communities Council is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. It is considered a think tank to rationalize organizations and societies working in Muslim societies, renew their thinking and improve their performance in order to achieve one goal; The integration of Muslim societies in their countries, in a way that their members realize the perfection of citizenship and complete affiliation with the Islamic religion. The council seeks, through holding dozens of virtual conferences, seminars and activities, to localize the concepts of religious, ethnic and cultural pluralism, in a manner that preserves human dignity and respect for his beliefs, and establishes the values of moderation, dialogue, tolerance and belonging to the homelands.
