Ramadan is a month of love
Lesson 14: Read an ancient love poem
Most people think of Ramadan as a month of sacrifice, caffeine withdrawal, lack of sleep, or huge feasting parties.
What Ramadan is actually about is developing as a person, creating healthy habits, and learning self-discipline. Many of these topics I gently touched on in my Ramadan Learning Series.
But one thing is missing from this infographic.
Ramadan is a month of love.
The more I love someone, the more time I want with them. They are on my mind constantly, when I wake up, or before I go to bed. Remembering them is automatic and their preferences become my preferences. How do I stay in that state of love? Especially if the one I love is no longer in this world? Doesn’t that feel a little one-sided? Is it more devotion than love? What do I get from loving someone who does not respond?
Ramadan is a time to connect deeply with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)1 because he is the model and mode by which Muslims understand divine decree. He is the one who showed us how to behave…