#Coronadiaries: Ramadan 2020 under quarantine

The blessed Holy Month of Ramadan starts tomorrow night, during this time Muslims are encouraged to practice several forms of personal discipline and acts of charity to support those in need which helps them reflect on all the blessings they have such as food, material wealth, health, safety, and others.

When you're practicing intermittent fasting from food and drink from sunrise to sunset the purpose isn't that you'd be experiencing hunger and thirst, or that you suffer, but most importantly it's training yourself on self-restraint, not eating all the time, any time, and all you want, not having access to the things you desire right away and being okay with that.


When you give the needy from what God has blessed you with, you're simply showing thanks and gratitude for what you've been given initially, you come to appreciate God's provision and not take it for granted.

While many might be disappointed this year, it's actually a whole lot better and more spiritual to be spending Ramadan while quarantined, you get to worship and reflect without showing off or feeling proud, you're not being seen by others when you stand in night prayers, everything you choose to do remains between you and your Lord.

Sometimes the social aspects and folklore distract us or get in the way of our sincerity and why we are doing what we are doing. Think about this self-isolation as a blessing in disguise and an act of worship. I wish you all a blessed Ramadan, please reach out to me if you want to talk, vent or need advice.

اللهم بارك لنا في رمضان وأعنا على ذكرك وشكرك وحسن عبادتك فيه وارزقنا العبادة دون شرك ولا رياء ولا فخر