12) The Right of the Fast

[Ameer ALwali]

12) The Right of the Fast

The right of fasting is that you know it is a veil which God has set up over your tongue, your hearing, your sight, your stomach, and your private part to protect you from the Fire. If you abandon the fast, you will have torn God's protective covering away from yourself.

12. حق الصوم

وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّوْمِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ حِجَابٌ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ وَسَمْعِكَ وبَصَرِكَ وَفَرْجِكَ وبَطْنِكَ لِيَسْتركَ بهِ مِن النَّارِ. فان تركتَ الصومَ خرقتَ ستر الله عليك.

[الرحى]

The right of your subjects through
authority is that you should know that
they have been made subjects through
their weakness and your strength.
Hence it is incumbent upon you to act
with justice toward them and to be like
a compassionate father toward them.
You should forgive them their
ignorance and not hurry them to
punishment and you should thank God
for the power over them which He has
given to you.