Wasting food and drink in Ramadan by extravagance
Question:
"Some people, oh Shaykh Salih, waste food and drink in extravagance to the extend that we find the banquets filled with all kind of foods?!"
Answer:
"This is in opposition to the Sunnah. The month of Ramadan is not just merely a month for foods and drinks and surfeit. However it is the month of fasting. One takes at the time of Iftar (breaking the fast) from the foods that which one is in need of. And as for having all kind of variation in foods and Iftars then it is as if Ramadan has become a month for eating and drinking only and not a month of fasting. One should cut down on foods, especially if one wants to perform the supererogatory night prayer. Hence one needs to reduce the intake of food and drink, because if one fills one's stomach too much with food and drink, one will become too lazy to perform the prayer and acts of worship."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
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"Some people, oh Shaykh Salih, waste food and drink in extravagance to the extend that we find the banquets filled with all kind of foods?!"
Answer:
"This is in opposition to the Sunnah. The month of Ramadan is not just merely a month for foods and drinks and surfeit. However it is the month of fasting. One takes at the time of Iftar (breaking the fast) from the foods that which one is in need of. And as for having all kind of variation in foods and Iftars then it is as if Ramadan has become a month for eating and drinking only and not a month of fasting. One should cut down on foods, especially if one wants to perform the supererogatory night prayer. Hence one needs to reduce the intake of food and drink, because if one fills one's stomach too much with food and drink, one will become too lazy to perform the prayer and acts of worship."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: www.alfawzan.af.org.sa [Click here for screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
السؤال: بعض الناس يا شيخ صالح يسرفون في الأكل والأطعمة و الأشربة فنجد يعني الموائد مملوءة بأصناف الطعام؟
الجواب: هذا خلاف السنة شهر رمضان ليس شهر للأطعمة والأشربة وتخمة بل هو شهر الصيام يأخذ من الأطعمة عند الإفطار ما يحتاج إليهِ أما تنويع الأطعمة وتنويع الإفطار، وكأن شهر رمضان صار شهر للأكل وشرب ما هو شهر للصيام يخفف الأطعمة ولا سيما وأنهُ سيقوم من الليل فيحتاج إلى التخفيف من الطعام والشرب لأنهُ وإذا ملأ بطنهُ بالطعام والشراب كسل عن الصلاة والعبادة
الجواب: هذا خلاف السنة شهر رمضان ليس شهر للأطعمة والأشربة وتخمة بل هو شهر الصيام يأخذ من الأطعمة عند الإفطار ما يحتاج إليهِ أما تنويع الأطعمة وتنويع الإفطار، وكأن شهر رمضان صار شهر للأكل وشرب ما هو شهر للصيام يخفف الأطعمة ولا سيما وأنهُ سيقوم من الليل فيحتاج إلى التخفيف من الطعام والشرب لأنهُ وإذا ملأ بطنهُ بالطعام والشراب كسل عن الصلاة والعبادة