Ramadan day 9 - validating every desire.

When you go grocery shopping in Ramadan, right before iftaar, you start putting things in your shopping cart that you would never put normally. Your body is hungry, and it sees everything as a desire, but you have to control yourself and only get the things that were on your list.

It’s not easy!

We all fall into this trap, but having that self control, especially in Ramadan, is what Ramadan is all about. This small test in the grocery store is part of a much bigger test.

The Mutual Disillusion (64:16)

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ١٦

So be mindful of Allah to the best of your ability, hear and obey, and spend in charity—that will be best for you. And whoever is saved from the selfishness of their own souls, it is they who are ˹truly˺ successful.