Contents
- 1 Mistake #1. Some Muslims fast but don’t pray
- 2 Mistake #2. Taking Ramadan as a ritual
- 3 Mistake #3. Skipping Suhoor (Pre-dawn food)
- 4 Mistake #4. Some don’t fast if they miss Suhoor
- 5 Mistake #5. Emphasis on food and drink
- 6 Mistake #6. Spending most of your time cooking
- 7 Mistake #7. Eating too much, is forbidden
- 8 Mistake #8. Hosting and participating in extravagant iftaar parties
- 9 Mistake #9. Sleeping all day
- 10 Mistake #10. Not fasting because of work or exams
- 11 Mistake #11. Wasting time
- 12 Mistake #12. Not giving up evil while fasting makes your fast void
- 13 Mistake #13. Smoking
- 14 Mistake #14. Stopping Suhoor at “imsaak”
- 15 Mistake #15. Delaying breaking fast
- 16 Mistake #16. Eating continuously until the time for maghrib is up
- 17 Mistake #17. Missing the golden chance of having your dua accepted
- 18 Mistake #18. Fasting and not wearing Niqaab/hijab
- 19 Mistake #19. Mixing fasting and dieting
- 20 Mistake #20. Arguing over the number of raka’ah in taraweeh
Mistake #1. Some Muslims fast but don’t pray
Mistake #2. Taking Ramadan as a ritual
Mistake #3. Skipping Suhoor (Pre-dawn food)
Mistake #4. Some don’t fast if they miss Suhoor
So it’s anybody’s guess if you miss Suhoor then you can still keep the fast. Obedience to Allah overcomes everything. If one misses Suhoor but gets up before dawn, make an intent and continue your fast.With regard to saying dua everyday, there is no dua that the Muslim should say when starting to fast each day. Rather he should simply have the intention (in his heart) that he is going to fast.
Mistake #5. Emphasis on food and drink
Mistake #6. Spending most of your time cooking
Mistake #7. Eating too much, is forbidden
Mistake #8. Hosting and participating in extravagant iftaar parties
Although, inviting each other for breaking fast is something good and encouraged. However some people go to extremes with lavish ‘Iftaar parties’ with all sorts of disobedience to Allah, from flirting, mixing of the sexes and hijab-less women, to show-off and extravagance, to heedlessness to Salah, and Taraweeh to even music and dancing.
A good deed in Ramadan is multiplied 10 times. An evil deed done in Ramadan is more sinful than one done at any other time, just as an act of worship done in Ramadan brings a greater reward from Allah than one done at any other time.
Mistake #9. Sleeping all day
Mistake #10. Not fasting because of work or exams
Mistake #11. Wasting time
The month of Ramadan is a precious, precious time. Before we know it, this month of mercy and forgiveness will be over, we should try and spend every moment possible in the worship of Allah so that we can make the most of this blessing. However, there are some of us who waste away their day playing video games, or worse still, watching TV, movies or even listening to music.
A Muslim does not have any time to waste. The Quran is clear is stating that when we are brought to life once again (in Qiyamah), we will feel as if we stayed in this world only for an evening or a morning. See Quran 79:46
Mistake #12. Not giving up evil while fasting makes your fast void
Some of us fast but do not give up lying, cursing, fighting, backbiting, etc. and some of us fast but do not give up cheating, stealing, dealing in haraam, etc. and all kinds of impermissible things without realizing that the purpose of fasting is to not stay away from food and drink; rather the aim behind it is to fear Allah.
It must be noted that in Ramadan or otherwise, all these acts are forbidden. If you particularly do it in Ramadan, it nullifies your fast. Yes! For instance if you backbite while fasting in Ramadan, it nullifies your fast.
Mistake #13. Smoking
Mistake #14. Stopping Suhoor at “imsaak”
This ‘imsaak’ which some of the people do is an addition to what Allah has prescribed, so it is false. It is a kind of extremism in religion, and The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Those who go to extremes are doomed, those who go to extremes are doomed, those who go to extremes are doomed.” ~ Muslim 2670
Mistake #15. Delaying breaking fast
Mistake #16. Eating continuously until the time for maghrib is up
Mistake #17. Missing the golden chance of having your dua accepted
Mistake #18. Fasting and not wearing Niqaab/hijab
Allah has a sense of Ghirah (self-respect or protective jealousy), and Allah’s sense of Ghirah is provoked when a believer does something which Allah has prohibited (like adultery or open display of one’s beauty) ~ Bukhari 67/156