Less than three hours ago, soon after the taraweeh of this tenth night, Shaykh Amin delivered a casual talk on the Rahmah of saum. As always, nothing casual about the content. This 24-minute session (provided for free below) is packed with gems surrounding the crown jewel that is the Rahmah of, and in, fasting.
Some of the salient points in this talk:
- Why mercy does not do justice as a translation of Rahmah
- Ramadan burns you now, so you never have to burn in the Hereafter
- Sarf (Arabic morphology) our main recourse to the intuitive understanding of the Companions
- Umar Al-Farooq ibn Al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) being synonymous with Islam – “the difference-maker”
- Rain, as Rahmah for the farmer, likened to the pleasure awaiting the fasting believer
- the two greatest delights for the believer