Fasting

Fasting includes self-refinement and discipline. It pleases the Lord, provides nourishment for the soul and teaches patience, self-control and appreciation of provisions often taken for granted. But a believer’s objective must be to fulfill his obligation to his Lord, to show servitude to Him, and to obey His command. He fasts only for the acceptance of Allah and His promised reward. This booklet discusses the fast of Ramadhan, other obligatory fasts and the voluntary fasting prescribed in the Sunnah..

This book shows rulings of fasting in addition to its merits and invalidators. He also mentions goals behind fasting and attributes which those fasting should be keen on. He illustrates conditions of fasting and its rulings in some exceptional circumstances as in traveling and illness. He indicates to Battle of Badr took place in Ramadan. He clarifies some acts of worship in Ramadan such as I’tikaf (seclusion in the masjed) and Zakaatul-Fitr (obligatory charity after Ramadan).

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A book translated into English contains the following five chapters about fasting: Statements from the Quran prescribed fasting, fasting definition and prescription, virtues of fasting and traits of Ramadan, types of fasting, and fasting requirements and issues.

An English translation of the chapter on fasting from the book “Summarized Islamic Fiqh” authored Sh. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Tuwaijri (may Allah preserve him) that includes the following points about fasting: (1) Meaning and virtues, (2) Rules, (3) Recommended acts, (4) Disliked, obligatory, and permissible acts to do, (5) voluntary fasting, and (6) i’tikaf.

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A book in English which is considered a short reference written by Sh. Muhammad Jamil Zeno that includes all matters related to fasting and the blessed month of Ramadan.

Simplified explanation of the pillars of fasting quoted and translated from the book of ’’The Pillars Of Islam And Faith’’

An article in English in which Sh. Ibn Utheimeen handles some points about fasting, night prayer in Ramadan, and zakah.

A brief message about the meaning of fasting,its virtues,its benefits,virtues of Ramadan and its fasting giving proofs from Quran and sunnah.

About the ruling of fasting,conditions of its obligation,nullifiers of fasting and the expiation of having sexual intercourse in the morning of Ramadan.In addition to more than seventy fataws about different questions of fasting and seclusion in mosques.

Fasting Ramadan (Juristic Rulings) is a small-sized book about the summary of Juristic Rulings of Fasting Ramadan and some precautions about the traditions of people in Bosnia