Tonight, my mother made a long distance phone call to her sister to inquire about Ramadhan in egypt. When I remembered whom her sister was married to, I quickly rushed and asked her to hand me the phone so I can speak with him.
I asked: "Back in the balcony, I remember something important you mentioned about fasting. Something Shiekh Al Sha'rawi conveyed to you.
He replied: "In our time, there was a popular misconception that fasting was placed so that the wealthy may feel the hunger of the poor, if this was true then the poor don't need to fast! He stated something more sensible. God brought a month upon us where he forbade us from what is deemed Good; he forbade us, from the dawn of the day until sunset to draw close to our spouses, wives or husbands, and food so that we see that just as we are capable of distancing ourselves from the two essential deeds that made life progress, we are also capable of distancing from the deeds that doomed it entirely. Such is the wisdom of God."
