Rulings of fasting

The obligation to fast during the month of Ramadan
1. The linguist meaning of sawm Is to totally abstain from something, as in the following peotic verses:
" Horses which hold back and horses which do not hold back Beneath the dust( of battle), which others are chomping at the bit."
This was said by An-Nabighah Az-Zubyani in his 'Deewan'(112).
( Translators note: His real name was Ziyad ibn mu'awiyah a poet)
The juristic meaning of sawm: Refraining from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse, along with the intention to do so, from dawn until sunset.
Some Qur'anic commentator have said that two kinds of sawn are mentioning in Qur'an:
The first is the juristic type of sawm which is known as in the words of Allah the most high said:
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡڪُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِڪُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);Q-2:183
also in another verse Allah the most high said:
شَہۡرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَٱلۡفُرۡقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَہِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّہۡرَ فَلۡيَصُمۡهُ‌ ۖ وَمَن ڪَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِڪُمُ ٱلۡيُسۡرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِڪُمُ ٱلۡعُسۡرَ وَلِتُڪۡمِلُواْ ٱلۡعِدَّةَ وَلِتُڪَبِّرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَٮٰكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّڪُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, (let him fast the same) number of other days. Allah desireth for you ease; He desireth not hardship for you; and (He desireth) that ye should complete the period, and that ye should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that peradventure ye may be thankful. Q-2:185
The second is silence as in the words of Allah, the most high:
فَكُلِى وَٱشۡرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيۡنًا‌ ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرۡتُ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ صَوۡمًا فَلَنۡ أُڪَلِّمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِنسِيًّا So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal. Q-19:26
there is nothing disliked in a person saying"
ramadhan has come and ramadhan has gone ,"according to the majority Muslim scholars, based upon the hadith of Abu hurairah may Allah be pleased with him Who reported that the messager Of Allah may peace be upon him said.
When the month of ramadhan come,the gates of paradise are opened,the gates of hell are closed and the devils are chained up"
Narrated by Al-bukahri in (no.1899) and Muslim (no.1079).
This is an authentic hadith. It is also because saying that something is dislike must be substantiated by a legal prohibition of it and there is no such confirmation in the Islamic law. As for the hadith Abu hurairah may Allah be pleased with him in which it is stated that he said: " the messenger of Allah may peace be upon him said:
"Do not say: " Ramadan ", because Ramadan is one of the names of Allah; instead, say: the month of Ramadan." It is a week hadith.
Narrated by Al-Baihaqi in as-sunan Al-kubra(4/201).
the ruling of fasting: Fasting in Ramadan is one of the pillars of Islam.
Allah, the most high says in surah Al- Baqarah (2:183):
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡڪُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِڪُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
It is reported on the authority of Abdullah ibn umar may Allah be please with him, from the prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him said:
Islam is founded on five principles, I.e. belief in Allah and his messenger, the five compulsory prayers, fasting the month of Ramadan, the payment of Zakat and the hajj."
This is an authentic hadith.
Narrated by all-bukhari(no.8) and Muslim(no.18).
may Allah {S.W.A}bless us and grant us deep understanding of the Religion Ameen.
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