Suhaib Webb – How Ramadan Protects Us

We all know that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam said that fasting is a shield.

But how? Number 1 fasting protects us from

Shaitan

as the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that

the Shayatin are chained up, the influences of

Shaytan are weakened

and restricted in the month of Ramadan.

Number 2, duas are accepted. Because when we

make Dua, every time we say

or we're fasting, imagine that dua has a

greater chance of being accepted, and there's no

better dua you can make than that.

3, it restricts the desires of the nafs

because we know that one of the keys

to really exploiting our nafs is our diet

and overeating and opulence. So when we're fasting,

we're restricting the influence of the nuffs.

Number 4, friendships in the people that we

hang around because when we're fasting, we tend

to congregate with the righteous and the.

Be with those who make

be with those who worship Allah. So our

companionship becomes better.

And then finally,

unhealthy attachments to the dunya are restricted while

we're fasting because every day of Ramadan reminds

us of our death. We start fajr like

we're young, we end after Asr like we're

old, we break our fast, it reminds us

of Jannah, and that distances us from an

unhealthy attachment to the dunya.