The Messenger (ﷺ) commanded with Zakāt-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, one Sā’ of dried dates or barley, “payable by the young and old, free and slave.” (Abu Dawūd 1620) “He commanded that it be handed out before the people leave their homes for the Eid...
We may divide actions that nullify the fast as two categories: Uncontrollable Controllable Type 1: Uncontrollable Menstruation or post-natal bleeding ‘Is it not the case that when she gets her period, she does not pray or fast?’ (al-Bukhārī) When a woman sees the...
…So whoever from you is sick or travelling, then the numbers should be made up from other days. As for those who find it difficult, then they should feed a poor person (for every day)… (Sūrat al-Baqarah, 2:184) Those who have a temporary excuse These are...
Fasting is obligatory on the: Muslim Bāligh (attained physical & cognitive maturity) Sane (cognitive maturity & the capacity to understand the obligation, its fulfilment and reward) Resident (not travelling or able to fast while in Travel) Able Free of valid...
Defining Fasting: Linguistically ‘Ṣawm’ (pl. ṣiyām) means abstinence (الإمْسَاكُ). Legally إمْسَاكٌ مَخْصُوصٌ في زَمَنٍ مَخْصُوصٍ مِنْ الفَجَرِ الصَادِقِ إلى غُرُوْبِ الشَّمْسِ بِنِيَةٍ مَخْصُوصَةٍ Withholding from something specified, during a specified time which is...
Islam (Submission to God) is one of the world’s three major religions, and is the final link in the Judeo-Christian Islamic tradition of monotheism (belief in One God). More than one billion Muslims (Submitters in English) follow this religion around the world....
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