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Tue 9 Ramadan 1445AH 19-3-2024AD at 11:52 am #91253
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MATTERS RELATED TO FASTING – EPISODE 6️⃣
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WHAT SHOULD BE DONE DURING THIS GREAT MONTH?
➖➖➖1️⃣ Preparing oneself and one’s environment for worship,
2️⃣ Hastening to repent and turn back to Allaah, Rejoicing at the onset of the month,
3️⃣ Fasting properly,
4️⃣ Having the right frame of mind,
5️⃣ Fearing Allaah when praying Taraaweeh,
6️⃣ Not feeling tired during the middle ten days of the month,
7️⃣ Seeking Laylat al-Qadr,
8️⃣ Reading the entire Qur’aan time after time, trying to weep and trying to understand what you are reading.‘Umrah during Ramadaan is equivalent to Hajj, and charity given during this virtuous time is multiplied, and I’tikaaf (retreat in the mosque for worship) is confirmed (as part of the Sunnah).
There is nothing wrong with congratulating one another at the beginning of the month.
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to tell his Companions the good news of the onset of Ramadaan, and urge them to make the most of it.Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said, ‘There has come to you Ramadaan, a blessed month. Allaah has made it obligatory on you to fast (this month). During it the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are locked, and the devils are chained up. In it there is a night that is better than a thousand months, and whoever is deprived of its goodness is deprived indeed.’”
(Reported by Al-Nisaa’i, 4/129; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/490)➖➖➖
SOME OF THE AHKAAM (RULINGS) ON FASTING
➖➖➖1️⃣ There is the kind of fasting that must be done on consecutive days, like fasting in Ramadaan, or fasting to expiate for killing someone by mistake, divorcing one’s wife by zihaar [a jaahili form of divorce in which a man says to his wife, “You are to me as the back of my mother”], or having intercourse during the day in Ramadaan. Also, one who makes a vow to fast consecutive days must fulfil it.
2️⃣ Voluntary fasts make up for any shortfall in obligatory fasts. Examples of voluntary fasts include ‘Aashooraa, ‘Arafaah, Ayyaam al-Beed [the 13th , 14th and 15th of the hijri months], Mondays and Thursdays, six days of Shawwaal, and fasting more during Muharram and Sha’baan.
3️⃣ It is not permissible to single out a Friday for fasting (Al-Bukhaari, Fath al-Baari, no. 1985), or to fast on a Saturday, unless it is an obligatory fast (reported and classed as hasan by Al-Tirmidhi, 3/111) – what is meant is singling it out without a reason.
4️⃣ It is not permissible to fast for an entire lifetime, or to fast for two days or more without a break, i.e., to fast two or three days without a break in between.
5️⃣ It is haraam to fast on the two Eid days, or on the Ayyaam al-Tashreeq, which are the 11th , 12th and 13th of Dhoo’l-Hijjah, because these are the days of eating and drinking and remembering Allaah, but it is permissible for the one who does not have a sacrifice to fast them (Ayyaam al-Tashreeq) in Mina.
May Allaah (ﷻ) have mercy on us and guide us through the straight path.
آمين
Edited from “70 Matters Related to Fasting” by Sheikh Muhammad Salih Al Munajjid
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