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Sawm (Arabic: صوم; plural: صيام ṣiyām) is an Arabic word for fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence. In the terminology of Islamic law, sawm means to abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. The observance of sawm during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, but is not confined to that month.
Ṣawm is derived from Syriac: ܨܘܡܐ ṣawmā. Literally, it means "to abstain", cognates to Hebrew tsom.Fasting is not unique to the Muslims. It has been practiced for centuries in connection with religious ceremonies by Christians, Jews, Confucianists, Hindus, Taoists, and Jains. However Islam is the only religion that has retained the outward and spiritual dimensions of fasting throughout the centuries.
For example, the Muslims of Central Asia, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey use the words roza/rozha/roja/oruç, which comes from Persian. While the Malay community in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore call it puasa, which is derived from Sanskrit, upvaasa, puasa is also used in Indonesia, Southern Thailand and Southern Philippines.
Zakir Naik (born 18 October 1965 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian Islamic preacher, who has been called an "authority on comparative religion", "perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India", and "the world's leading Salafi evangelist". He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), and founder of the "comparative religion" Peace TV channel, through which he reaches a reported 100 million viewers. Unlike many Islamic preachers, his lectures are colloquial, given in English not Urdu or Arabic, and he wears a suit and tie rather than traditional garb.
Before becoming a public speaker, he trained as a medical doctor. He has published booklet versions of lectures on Islam and comparative religion. Although he has publicly disclaimed sectarianism in Islam, he is regarded by some as an exponent of the Salafi ideology, and, by some, as a radical Islamic televangelist propagating Wahhabism.
Zakir Naik was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended Kishinchand Chellaram College and studied medicine at Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital and later the University of Mumbai, where he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS).
True Story
Everything That I Wanted, I Found It In You
Everything That I Dreamed of, You Made It Came True
Knew That There Were No Limits To What You Would Do for Me
But I Messed That Up Now
For a Night of Fun
What the Hell Was I Thinking?
Damn I Was Dumb, Had Too Much To Drink and
Now I'm Stuck With the Look On My Face of Disgrace
And I'm Feeling Like a Fool.
My Momma Told Me Everything That Glitters Ain't Gold
And If You Find a Good Woman Then
Baby Boy You Better Hold On
But I'm Weak Like Adam To Eve
I'm Down On My Knees
And Baby I Know
I Know That Sorry Doesn't Cut It
(I Refuse) To Let You Take Away Yo Loving
(I Refuse) Without You Babygirl I'm Nothing
(I Refuse) Tell Me What I Gotta Do
To Make Things Back Right With You
Because Sorry Is Not Enuff
I Know That Sorry Doesn't Cut It
(I Refuse) To Let You Take Away Yo Loving
(I Refuse) Without You Babygirl I'm Nothing
(I Refuse) Tell Me What I Gotta Do
To Make Things Back Right With You
Listen!
Baby, Ever Since You've Been Gone
Everything's So Wrong, It Ain't Right
And Lately, I Ain't Finished No Songs
It's Like My Minds Is So Gone and I
All I Do Is Sit Here and Think About How I'm a Get My Baby Back
Damn Sammie You Done Messed Up Now
Gotta Fix It Up, Quick, Fast, Somehow
I Had Fun for One Night
But I Never Thought It'd Mess Up My Life
My Momma Said...
My Momma Told Me Everything That Glitters Ain't Gold
If You Find a Good Woman Then Baby Boy You Better Hold On
But I'm Weak, Like Adam Was to Eve
I'm Down On Bended Knees
Baby, I know...
I Know That Sorry Doesn't Cut It
(I Refuse) To Let You Take Away Yo Loving
(I Refuse) Without You Babygirl I'm Nothing
(I Refuse) Tell Me What I Gotta Do
To Make Things Back Right With You
Because Sorry Is Not Enuff
I Know That Sorry Doesn't Cut It
(I Refuse) To Let You Take Away Yo Loving
(I Refuse) Without You Babygirl I'm Nothing
(I Refuse) Tell Me What I Gotta Do
To Make Things Back Right With You
Sorry Don't Cut It, Sorry Don't Cut It (No More),
Sorry Don't Cut It, Sorry Don't Cut It (No No)