The following story beautifully captures how when we fast from all other than Allah, our hearts naturally open to being more compassionate and loving to all of creation. A mystic by the name of Mansur, who was fasting the month before Ramadan, was walking to the mosque when he passed a group of lepers who were eating leftovers from the trash. One of them invited the well-known mystic over to eat lunch with him. The mystic said, “Are you sure? I don’t want to be an inconvenience to you.” The man assured him that he would be honored to eat with such a famous scholar. Mansur accepted the offer
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