by Fateen Seifullah
As salaam alaykum
Ramadan is over, farewell old friend. We pray to meet you again next year. It has been said, that when Ramadan visits it is like when old friends or family members come to visit. We are excited about there presence, but generally by the end of the visit we are happy for them to leave. Don’t get me wrong, it is not as though we are ungrateful, nor do we hate Ramadan, but rather we are people with certain appetites and passions, some natural and normal, while others un-natural and abnormal. Ramadan is the month that provides us with an excellent opportunity to put those passions in check. We learn to check our appetite, to control it, to delay it, and in some instances we have even given up indefinitely those character killers. Character killers such as excessive talking and laughing; social ills like gossip, etc. Now that Ramadan is over, what will we do? Will we go back to our lust and desires?
