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Tue 9 Ramadan 1445AH 19-3-2024AD at 11:44 am #91251
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MATTERS RELATED TO FASTING – EPISODE 7️⃣
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ONSET OF RAMADAAN
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The onset of Ramadaan is confirmed by sighting the new moon, or completion of 30days of Sha’baan. Whoever sees the new moon or hears about it from a trusted source must fast.Using calculations to determine the onset of Ramadaan is bid’ah, because the hadeeth of the Prophet (ﷺ) clearly states: “Fast when you see it (the new moon) and break your fast when you see it.”
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WHO IS OBLIGED TO FAST?
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Fasting is compulsory on every adult, sane, settled [not travelling] Muslim who is able to fast and has nothing such as menstruation or post-natal bleeding to prevent him or her from doing so.A person is deemed to have reached adulthood when any of these three occur:
1️⃣ Emission of semen, in a wet dream or otherwise;
2️⃣ Growth of coarse pubic hair around the private parts;
3️⃣ Attainment of 15years of age.
For females, there is a fourth, namely
4️⃣ Menstruation; when a girl reaches menarche (first period), she has to fast even if she is less than ten years.Children should be asked to fast at 7years, if they can, and some scholars said that a child may be smacked at 10years if he does not fast, as in the case of salaah.
(See al-Mughni, 3/90).
The child will be rewarded for fasting, and the parents will be rewarded for guiding him to do good.Some people do not think it is important to tell their children to fast; indeed, a child may want to fast and is able to do it, but his parent(s) may tell him not to, out of so-called “pity” for him. True pity and compassion consist of making him get used to fasting.
Allaah says:
“O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire (hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.”
[Al-Tahreem 66:6].Extra attention must be paid to the matter of a girl’s fasting when she has just reached maturity, because she may fast when she has her period, out of shyness, and then not make up the fast later.
If a kaafir becomes Muslim, or a child reaches puberty, or an insane person comes to his senses during the day, they should refrain from eating for the rest of the day, because they are now among those who are obliged to fast, but they do not have to make up for the days of Ramadaan that they have missed, because at that time they were not obliged to fast.
The deeds of the insane are not being recorded, but if a person is insane at times and sane at other times, he must fast during his periods of sanity, and is excused during his periods of insanity. If he becomes insane during the day, this does not nullify his fast, because he had the intention of fasting when he was sane.
(Majaalis Shahr Ramadaan by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, p.28).
A similar case is the ruling on epileptics.If someone dies during Ramadaan, there is no “debt” on him or his heirs with regard to the remaining days of the month.
If someone does not know that it is obligatory to fast Ramadaan, or that it is haraam to eat or have sexual intercourse during the day in this month, according to the majority of scholars, this excuse is acceptable, as is also the case for a new convert to Islam, a Muslim living in non-Muslim lands and a Muslim who grew up among the kuffaar. But a person who grew up among the Muslims and was able to ask questions and find out, has no excuse.
To be continued إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ
May Allaah (ﷻ) have mercy on us and guide us through the straight path.
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