Ramadan Practices Strengthen the Foundations of Unity

: Hojjat al-Islam Moallemi

Hojjat al-Islam Hassan Moallemi, a senior instructor at the advanced levels of the Qom Seminary, stated that the spiritual practices of the holy month of Ramadan play a significant role in reinforcing Islamic unity.

Speaking to Taghrib News Agency(TNA) during the blessed month of Ramadan, Moallemi said that throughout life, human beings encounter serious obstacles on their journey along the straight path—barriers that often prevent them from making correct and constructive choices.

He explained that Ramadan serves as a period of self-purification and preparation to confront these obstacles. “This month contains both a preventive dimension, aimed at resisting barriers, and a constructive dimension, through which Muslims nurture their souls by enduring fasting, practicing piety, and turning toward God to attract spiritual growth,” he said.
The seminary professor added that individuals facing financial, emotional, or physical hardships experience spiritual refinement when they recite the supplications and prayers of Ramadan. “The peak of this spiritual elevation can clearly be witnessed during the Nights of Qadr,” he noted.
Moallemi emphasized that acts of devotion such as supplication, worship, recitation of prayers, and the reading of the Holy Qur’an—along with anything that strengthens remembrance of God—bring together followers of Islamic schools of thought, both Shiite and Sunni.
“These shared spiritual practices,” he concluded, “create an environment that significantly reinforces Islamic unity and further strengthens the bonds among Muslims.”