Islamic Posts

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, ‘I am fasting.” The Prophet added, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), ‘He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times.”

——————————————————————————————————————-

**My note: How we love the smell of musk, those amazing fragrances, but that smell we dislike, that lingers in our mouth when we fast, Allah (swt) loves it.  Now that is not to say don’t brush your teeth, I brush my teeth after I eat for Suhur, and again after I wake up later on those mornings. But when you fast for Allah don’t say “oh look what fasting is doing to me, it is giving me bad breath.” Remember all the rewards and how happy Allah will be with you.