Imam Istiqlal: Fasting Has A Spiritual Meaning To Maintain Panca Indera

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JAKARTA - The Grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar said fasting has a spiritual meaning to refrain from various lusts, including maintaining the sense of not doing disgraceful things and containing sins. "The main self-control is to satisfy the mouth," he said in a statement quoted in Jakarta, Sunday. Nasaruddin said that Ramadan is a month full of blessings and forgiveness for Muslims around the world. Therefore, the momentum of Ramadan must be interpreted not only fasting to endure hunger and thirst, but also to control yourself from lust.

The mouth becomes the most common source of collection of sins because it is often used to discuss the disgrace of your own brothers, blaspheme, slander and swallow foods that are haram or pubhat in the form of food or drink. "In addition to the sense of taste, self-control must also be done to the sense of sight and to satisfy the sense of hearing from sounds or music that is not Islam. Don't expect to have a pious and pious child if the food that enters the body is good, keep our hands from bad activities, and improve our inner qualities in the presence of Allah. Nazar said that it is no less important is to stay away from musyric attitudes. He plays not to be Muslims who are diligent in carrying out worship, but also worship other than Allah. "Then avoid riya. Intention in yourself that all worship we do is solely to get pleasure from Allah. Thus we will become tarekat experts if we are able to control the senses," he added.