Tag Archives: Fasting

Fasting means that a person must, in order to do homage to Allah, from the time of Adan for Fajr prayer up to Maghrib, avoid nine things which will be mentioned later. In some situations Qada or Kaffara or Both of them become...

Zakat al-Fitrah is a special form of obligatory zakat given at the end of the month of Ramadan, during the day of Eid...

This name was used for Laylat al-Qadr because Allah Almighty determines in it for everyone all what will happen the entire next year.....

The holy month of Ramadan is the climax of the spiritual season in the Islamic calendar, and the most significant night is the night of Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of....

Every year, many questions about numerous topics arise with the start of the blessed month of Ramadan. The most important of these questions are related to the crescent moon and the time of...

Is it the 17th or the 19th? Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali-al-Baqir (as) is quoted in Bihar al-Anwar and Da’aim al-Islam as having said, "The 17th night of the month of Ramadan is when the two parties met, and the 19th is when the lists of the...

I usually belch out what I've eaten during fasting after the call of salat, though I try to swallow back my spit so that the food will not pass through my throat and I do not really take much food, I will like to...

What is the timing of fast, when does it start and when does it end? What time should one stop eating, at imsak timing or at the start of...

There are numerous prohibitions [muffatirat] while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, including, of course, the prohibition of eating and drinking. Consuming food and drink purposely while fasting is a...

Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the `pillars' of the Islamic faith. No proof is required to establish its being obligatory (wajib) and one denying it goes out of the fold of Islam, because it is obvious like salat, and in...