No Dates to Break the Fast in Gaza!

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By Mohammed Khaku, Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi, The India Observer, TIO: “The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive…Of all the follies the greatest is to love the World… Do not sell your conscience for anything but heaven… Fear Allah & you will have no cause to fear anyone… He who knows himself knows Allah… Patience is the fruit of faith.”

The exemplary sacrifice, leadership and foundation laid by Qassim Soleimani & Imad Mughniyah have the spirit of resistance & unified martyrs towards the path to Jerusalem (Al Quds).

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Martyrs Hashem Safieddine, Yahya Sinwar, Abul Malik Al Houthi, Mohammad Deif, and many other Hamas freedom fighters attained martyrdom. That’s the highest achievement.

The Horror of Ramadan in Gaza:

In this holy month of Ramadan, the Palestinian families gather not to celebrate, but to mourn the deceased and bid farewell to martyr after martyr despite the destruction, Palestinians remain determined to observe the holy month.

After nearly 16 months of relentless bombardment, Gaza lies in ruins. Families that once gathered around Iftar tables now break their fast under the cold open sky, surrounded by the wreckage of their homes.

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Despite these, the spirit of Ramadan persists. Families convene for Iftar (breaking the fast), children find moments to play amidst the ruins, and the faithful continue to pray, even in mosques that has been destroyed

Men lay prayer rugs on ruins of their collapsed building, reciting verses from the Quran as enforcing that “But our faith and resilience can never be taken from us.”

Amidst heavy rain and flooding a small child remark, First the bombs, now the floods. It feels like the suffering never ends Yet, even in these dire conditions, the people of Gaza hold onto their faith.

Palestinians’ unshakable faith – We have lost loved ones, schools, hospitals, homes, mosques, livelihoods, but our faith remains as strong as ever. Our mosques may have been destroyed, but our faith has not been broken but only grown stronger.

Israel’s genocidal war has shattered the joy of the holy month, yet our cherished memories persist. Each year, as the sun sets in Gaza during Ramadan, Palestinians break their fast with dates, following the tradition of the Prophet Mohammed.

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However, this Ramadan in Gaza, where the scarcity of food is compelling families to consume leaves and survive on animal feed, there will be no dates to break the fast.

Epic Royal Place Iftar, Children reciting Quran inside the rubble of the Mosque, & family breaking fast in Gaza. Is this humanity and sharing and caring?

As children continue to recite the Quran & remain attached to it, an astonishing result has: young children of Gaza are the highest number of Hafez-e-Quran in Palestine.

While Quran & Ramadan should serve as a reminder of our shared humanity, this Holy month we are witnessing the pinnacle of inhumanity.

The international community has a moral obligation to demonstrate by ending this genocide saving the lives of children in Gaza.

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Muslims celebrate this month of fasting, Iftar, and prayer with a festive mood. However, I am filled with grief and sorrow for my Muslim Ummah, who are oppressed from China to Parachinar to Kashmir to Palestine.

Muslims are like one body: if one part is in pain, the entire Ummah feels the pain.

The echoes of war still resonate. There is no certainty that this ceasefire will endure while the Zionist occupying regime continues the genocide.

Hunger and diseases are widespread. The Gazans fast the entire day, only to break their fast with a can of hummus shared among numerous people, while the Bedouin kingdom and Arab monarchies enjoy luxurious Iftar.

Iftar in Iran & Iftar table at the Royal Palace of MBS

Instead of breaking their fast to the beautiful call for prayer or the recitation of the Quran from the loudspeakers of mosques, they are met with the terrifying echoes of missiles and gunfire at the time of breaking fast.

The Gazans persist in their Tarawih and supplication of Iftitah amidst the ruins of their homes, in tents, and under the open sky, whispering supplications (Zikr) and wishes, seeking solace in reciting the Quran.

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They believe this is a test, trial, and tribulation, and surely Allah (God) will reward them for all the suffering they have endured.

Quran 94:6 Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with difficulty and constraint, comes ease.

Every prayer and supplication is a plea for justice, and end to the suffering that has plagued life in Gaza for the past 76 years of occupation.

The pain and angry intensified by the that the global community, including the modern Yazidis, the Arab kingdom, and the Egyptian Pharaoh, has abandon the Palestinian people, allowing Zionist Israel to perpetuate genocide with impunity during the holy month.

Despite all adversities, the people of Gaza endure. They fast, they pray, and they aspire to rebuild their lives, even when the world seems to have abandoned them.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah – A pragmatic, charismatic, and fiery orator, leaving a lasting legacy of the resistance movement and defiance to Zionist Israel.

Gnostic philosopher Nasrallah cannot be forgotten; he has left a profound impact on the conscience and soul every free Muslim, similar to Imam Khomeini.

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Most of Nasrallah’s speeches, much like Khomeini’s, called for purifying the soul, connecting to Allah, and freeing oneself from the shackle’s materialism, envy, hatred, and lust.

The speeches of the martyr were always resounding and created tremors around the world capital, especially in the Arab world.

The martyr focused his speeches on the history of occupation the evils of Zionism and European colonial settlers who caused the ethnic cleansing of indigenous people from their lands, from New Zealand to South America, to Canada, and to the USA.

In his numerous speeches on Eid Day and Ashura, he warned against manipulating Lebanon’s local currency in favor of the American dollar and advocated for the exit from the Zionist orbit to join BRICS to undermine the dollar.

In his speeches, the observance of International Al Quds Day (3/28) and the rallies on the last Friday of Ramadan consistently received special attention, despite being banned in many Arab countries.

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In the aftermath of the revolution’s triumph in 1979, Imam Khomeini urged the commemoration of this event on the last Friday of Ramadan as a day of solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people, condemning illegal settlements, land confiscation, and ethnic cleansing.

Muslim admire martyr Nasrallah and are saddened by his loss, but they find consolation and comfort in the fact that the colonial machine of Zionist US-led aggression has failed to erase the Palestinian cause.

Thanks to the steadfastness, sacrifice, sincerity, and conviction of the freedom fighters in Gaza and Lebanon.

Palestine will be free from the River to the Sea.

The resonance of his voice endures, inspiring future generations to persist in the path of resistance, attain martyrdom, and liberate Palestine to its 1948 borders with the return of all Palestinians.

Martyr Nasrallah’s roadmap of a dignified life is based on the Holy Quran and the Battle of Karbala – the Day of Ashura. Every day is Ashura, every land is Karbala.

“O soul at peace (27) Return to your Lord, pleased, (28) Then enter among My servants (29) And enter My paradise (30)”

Quran 89: 26-30 known as verses of al-Nafs al-Mutma’inna (verses of soul at peace):

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In the words of Imam Hussain himself, “By God, I shall not surrender as one humiliated, nor shall I escape like a slave.” We pray to Allah to grant us the ability to learn from Imam Hussain how to be free.

To Be Continued! Reflection of the Supplication of Dua-e-Iftitah.

If Our Enemies besiege us economically, we are children of Ramadan and if they besiege us militarily, we are the children of Ashura with Ya Ali on our lips.

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Curated and Compiled by Humra Kidwai

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