Warning fasting people against some bad morals.

The Shaykh : And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . This means: Allah does not want us to merely abstain from food and drink. Rather, He wants us to abstain from speaking falsehood, acting upon it, and ignorance. Speaking falsehood: every forbidden statement. Acting upon falsehood: every forbidden action. Ignorance: every transgression against people. So, the one who does not leave these things has not truly fasted. He fasted from what Allah has made lawful and did what Allah has forbidden. For this reason, I say: it is obligatory for us, while we are fasting, that our mindfulness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) be greater than our mindfulness when we are not fasting. And although mindfulness should be present both when not fasting and when fasting, it is obligatory that we pay more attention to mindfulness in the state of fasting. And I think that if any person abstained from sins for a full month, his methodology and his conduct would change, because he would remain for a full month without disobeying Allah. His methodology would change. And from the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) towards us is that in the month of Ramadan, the devils are chained so that they do not dominate us by beautifying sins in our hearts, and that the gates of the Fire are closed in it, and the gates of Paradise are opened in it, so that it becomes easy for the person, for the human being, to act in a way that distances him from the Fire and brings him closer to Paradise. A blessing from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So, this month contains what helps the person to be mindful of Allah. So, fear Allah. It is not part of fasting, my brothers, for a person to fill his stomach with what Allah has made lawful for him, and then sleep through the Fajr, Zuhr, and 'Asr prayers. When Maghrib approaches, he gets up to break his fast, or does he pray? Yes? To break his fast, because if he got up to pray, he would have prayed first. But he breaks his fast, then prays at the end of the day. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And this is found among some people, may Allah grant us well-being. They enjoy what Allah has made lawful for them in their night, then they sleep through what Allah has made obligatory for them in their day. Fine. Another man fasted from food and drink, so he sat with his companion on the doorstep of the shop, or on the sidewalk, or in any place, and they started eating the flesh of people. So-and-so has this, so-and-so has that, so-and-so has this. And perhaps Satan incites them, and they fall into the honor of the scholars. And this is more severe and more wicked. Meaning: backbiting a scholar is a greater sin than backbiting an ordinary person. - Pay attention - because if you backbite an ordinary person, he is harmed by it if he is harmed, or perhaps his backbiting does not harm him. But if you backbite a scholar, Islamic law is harmed. Who are the bearers of the law? The scholars. So, if a person disparages them, their value drops in the eyes of people, and trust in their statements weakens. And at that time, that becomes a harm to what? To Islamic law. For this reason, when the leader of Islamic law, Muhammad the Messenger of Allah, was in the position, in the position of legislation, he said: . He said: , because if one lies about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), what is attributed to the Messenger becomes law. So he introduced into the law what is not part of it, or removed from the law what is in it. I say, my brothers: a man fasted, and during the day he sat with his companion and they ate the flesh of people. Is he truly fasting? No. . This one did not leave what? Speaking falsehood, or acting upon falsehood? He did not leave speaking falsehood. In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him), which he compiled in hadith, and in which he said to his son: "O my son, this Musnad will be an imam for the people". In this Musnad: that two women in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted, so one of them sat with the other and they ate the flesh of people. So they became thirsty, a severe thirst that overtook them. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for them, meaning he requested their presence, so they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he ordered them to vomit. What does "vomit" mean? To vomit: to expel. So they vomited. They vomited blood, pus, and flesh... . May Allah grant us well-being. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And this hadith is weak in its chain, but it is mentioned in the context of warning, so that people will refrain from backbiting. And sufficient from that is the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): Complete the verse . What is the answer? Does he like it or not? He does not like it. . Some of the people of knowledge said: that the man who was backbiten on the Day of Resurrection will be brought with a dead body, and the one who backbit him will be punished by eating from it, and he does not want it, he hates it, but he is punished. Similar to the one who makes images, if on the Day of Resurrection it is said to him: "Make an image and breathe life into it." He is given the image and told to breathe life into it. Can he or cannot he? He cannot. But he is punished. The one who lies in a dream, saying "I saw such and such" while he is lying. If on the Day of Resurrection he is tasked to tie a knot between two barley grains. Do you know barley? The grain of barley, can a knot be tied between them or not? It is not possible. But he is punished, it is required. He finds difficulty and cannot do it. In any case, I say: that the obligatory upon - meaning we return to fasting - the obligatory upon the fasting person is to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic), to perform what Allah has made obligatory, and to leave what Allah has forbidden, so that his fasting is a true fast. Then know, my brother, that fasting has recommended practices.