Dhuhr Speech Essay

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Dhuhr Speech Assalamualaikum (WRB). I am here today to talk to you about Ramadan. More specifically, I will talk about fasting inshallah. Starting off, Ramadan is the month when we as Muslims are given a golden chance to worship Allah. When people first think of Ramadan, their mind jumps to fasting. But it's not just that. Although fasting is a very important part of it and is one of the five pillars of Islam, it also consists of giving Zakat, Sacrificing a goat or lamb at the end of the month, and doing other righteous acts of worship towards Allah. To know its importance, we should talk about what Ramadan was like in the past and in the time of the Prophet (SWA). Him and his Sahabi absolutely loved the time of Ramadan. They looked forward to it. They were thankful they got this chance to worship Allah, and used it very well. They just loved to worship Allah! The Prophet (SWA) said fasting was a time to have patience, and refrain ourselves from doing wrong. It was a great time for them and they enjoyed every minute of it. They tried to do better and better every year it came because they feared that Allah would make it their last. When it was over, they asked Allah to give them life for the next Ramadan, so they could continue to love and worship Allah. Now that we know what the past was like, lets talk about it. First I'll talk about fasting. So why do we fast? Well, fasting means “to refrain.” Now fasting comes in two types of forms. Mental fasting, and physical fasting. The mental part of fasting is not to think of wrong things and to worship Allah. The physical part is controlling your body and fasting (this time with food). We must prevent our tongue from saying wrong things, shield our eyes from seeing the wrong things, keep our hands from stealing or doing any wrong things, protect our ears from hearing the wrong things, and
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