Fasting

“For everything that you own there is Zakat, and Zakat of your body is fasting.” The Holy Month of Ramadan is received with great religious fervor in the Islamic world. Religious and social traditions during Ramadan have…

The Month of Repentance The Month of Repetance: The month of Ramadhan is known as the month of repentance and forgiveness. What is repentance? Does it suffice to say, "I regret and repent and hope Allah will forgive me" to be forgiven?…

Optional Fast Optional Fast: Islam encourages the faithful to fast during other months. The author of Thawab al-A’mal traces the isnad of one tradition of the Holy Prophet (S) to Ibn ‘Abbas who cites the Prophet (S) saying, "Whoever fasts…

The command for fasting in Ramadhan came in the first year of the Hijra. The Holy Prophet delivered a lecture on the last Friday of the preceding month, Sha’ban, in which he said:- “O people! You are now under the shadow of…

Question 17: What should a person do if urine, feces, or stomach gases are constantly released from his body, to such an extent that he cannot perform a prayer with wudū\' and also does not have the ability to perform wudū\' before every…

There are various aspects associated with fasts and they also possess numerous physical and spiritual benefits. These tend to have a great impact upon man - the most important of them being their ethical aspect and their educative…

The sawm is one of the Furu\' al-Din (the duties to be performed according to Islamic Shari\'ah) of the holy religion of Islam. It is wajib upon every mukallaf to have sawm in the month of Ramadan. In order to obey the command of Allah,…

One of the recommended deeds on this noble day is fasting