Thursday, 31 October 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Sunday, 27 October 2013
FASTING - INTENTION
INTENTION
Q. Is it essential to affirm one’s intention
for fasting?

Q. What maximum time limit is appropriate by
which one must affirm the intention?

In case of the missed fasts
of Ramadhan or fasts either of expiation or in respect of vows without the
stipulation of time and date, the intention must be affirmed before the break
of the true dawn.
Q. What is the formula for the intention?

Q. Is it essential to express the intention
in words?

Saturday, 26 October 2013
Friday, 25 October 2013
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
FASTS IN RAMADHAN
FASTS IN RAMADHAN
Q. What virtue is there in fasting during
Ramadhan?

For instance, the Prophet
(peace be on him) has said that all previous sins are forgiven of a man who
fasts to please Al-lah.
Another Hadith says
that the smell (sticnt) coming out of the mouth of a person on fast is better
even than the perfume of the musk. From a third Hadith we learn that Al-lah
says: “fasting is specially for Me and I will give the reward for it.” Many
other similar traditions speak of great virtues of fasting.
Q. Which people are commanded to fast during
Ramadhan?

Although minors are not duty bound to
fast and pray, we are directed to make them do so even before they attain to
the age of puberty in order to acclimatize them to these holy acts. The Hadith
says that we should get the child to offer Salat under command even when he is
seven. But if he gets ten years of age, we may even thrash him, if necessary,
to make him say the prayers. Similarly, when a minor becomes strong enough to
endure the righteous of fasting, let us make him do it as much as he can.
Q. What are the grounds that permit one to
miss the fasts?

i. A person on journey is permitted to miss
the fast. But if it does not cause undue hardship, it is preferable for him to
fast;
ii. Sickness i.e., an aliment or disease
which runs the risk of getting aggravated as a result of fasting;
iii. One’s being very old;
iv. Pregnancy, especially if fasting is
likely to cause harm to the mother or to the baby in the womb.
v. Suckling the baby, especially if fasting
is harmful to the baby or the woman who is giving suck;
vi. Hunger or thirst being so acute as to
pose a danger to life;
vii. No fasting is permitted for women during
their period of menstruation.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Sunday, 20 October 2013
SIGHITNG THE MOON AND GIVING TESTIMONY FOR IT
SIGHITNG THE MOON AND
GIVING TESTIMONY FOR IT
Q. How is it to try to sight the moon for
the month of Ramadhan?

Q. What testimony is dependable for the
Ramadhan moon?

Q. What testimony is acceptable for the ‘Id
moon?

Q. How many people must testify to having
sighted the moon in the event of the horizon being clear?

Q. Will the word about the sighting of the
moon in a distant city or town be acceptable to the people of another locality?

Q. If a lone person sights the Ramadhan moon
whose testimony is not accepted by scholars of the Shariah for purposes
of fasting, is he duty bound to start fasting as an individual?

Saturday, 19 October 2013
FASTING – AS A COMMANDED ACT
FASTING – AS A COMMANDED
ACT
Q. What is fasting?

Q. Fasting is of how many types?

i. Fard
Mu’ay-yan (command with
stipulation of time);
ii. Fard
Ghair Mu’ay-yan (command without stipulation
of time);
iii. Wajib
Mu’ay-yan (ordained with
stipulation of time);
iv. Wajib
Ghair Mu’ay-yan
(ordained without stipulation of time);
v. Masnun (the Prophet’s precept);
vi. Nafl (supererogatory);
vii. Makruh (undesirable);
viii. Haram (forbidden).
Q. Which fasts fall under the category of
commanded with stipulation of time?

Q. Which fasts are commanded without the
stipulation of time?

Q. Which fasts are ordained with the
stipulation of time?

Q. Which fasts are ordained without the
stipulation of time?

Q. Which fasts are the Prophet‘s (peace be
on him) precept?

i. Fasts on the 9th and 10th
of the month of Muhar-ram. These are
also known as ‘Ashurah fasts, because ‘Ashurah is the name given
to the 10th of Muhar-ram;
ii. A fast on ‘Arfah (the 9th of Zul-Hij-jah) and
iii. Fasts on Ay-yam-ul-Abyad (brighter days i.e., the 13th, 14th
and 15th of every month from the lunar Hijrah calendar).
Q. Which fasts are supererogatory (Nafl)?

i. Fasts on six days of Shaw-wal;
ii. Fast on 15th of Shaban;
iii. Fasts on Fridays;
iv. Fasts on Mondays;
v. Fasts on Thursdays.
Q. Which fasts are undesirable?

i. Fasts on Saturday only;
ii. Fasts on ‘Ashurahs (the 10th of Muhar-ram) only;
iii. Fasts on the Nauroz (a festival of Persians);
iv. Nafl fasts by a housewife without the
permission of her husband.
Q. Which fasts are forbidden?

i. The two ‘Id days, namely ‘Id-ul-Fitr and
‘Id –ul-Adha;
ii. The three days of Tashriq, namely
the 11th, 12th and 13th of Zul-Hij-jah.
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