RAMADAN (FASTING )(Episode 4)*

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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                              *RAMADAN (FASTING )(Episode 4)*                                                                                                                                        
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*WHAT SHOULD BE DONE DURING THIS GREAT MONTH?*
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▪Preparing oneself and one’s environment for worship,
▪Hastening to repent and turn back to Allaah,
Rejoicing at the onset of the month,
▪Fasting properly,
▪Having the right frame of mind,
▪Fearing Allaah when praying Taraaweeh,
▪Not feeling tired during the middle ten days of the month,
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▪Seeking Laylat al-Qadr,
▪Reading the entire Qur’aan time after time, trying to weep and trying to understand what you are reading.

*‘Umrah during Ramadaan* is equivalent to Hajj, and charity given during this virtuous time is multiplied, and I’tikaaf (retreat in the mosque for worship) is confirmed (as part of the Sunnah).
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There is nothing wrong with congratulating one another at the beginning of the month.
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to tell his Companions the good news of the onset of Ramadaan, and urge them to make the most of it.

Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said, *_‘There has come to you Ramadaan, a blessed month. Allaah has made it obligatory on you to fast (this month). During it the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are locked, and the devils are chained up*.
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*In it there is a night that is better than a thousand months, and whoever is deprived of its goodness is deprived indeed.’”_*
(Reported by Al-Nisaa'i, 4/129; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/490)

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*SOME OF THE AHKAAM (RULINGS) ON FASTING*
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*▫️.* There is the kind of fasting that *must be done on consecutive days*, like fasting in Ramadaan, or fasting to expiate for killing someone by mistake, divorcing one’s wife by zihaar [a jaahili form of divorce in which a man says to his wife, “You are to me as the back of my mother”], or having intercourse during the day in Ramadaan.
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Also, one who makes a vow to fast consecutive days must fulfil it.

*▫️.* Voluntary fasts make up for any shortfall in obligatory fasts. *_Examples of voluntary fasts_* include ‘Aashooraa, ‘Arafaah, Ayyaam al-Beed [the 13th , 14th and 15th of the hijri months], Mondays and Thursdays, six days of Shawwaal, and fasting more during Muharram and Sha’baan.
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*▫️.* It is *not permissible to single out a Friday* for fasting (Al-Bukhaari, Fath al-Baari, no. 1985), *or to fast on a Saturday*, unless it is an obligatory fast (reported and classed as hasan by Al-Tirmidhi, 3/111) – what is meant is singling it out without a reason.

*▫️.* It is *not permissible* to fast for an entire lifetime, or to fast for two days or more without a break, i.e., to fast two or three days without a break in between.
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*▫️.* It is *haraam* to fast on the two Eid days, or on the Ayyaam al-Tashreeq, which are the 11th , 12th and 13th of Dhoo’l-Hijjah, because these are the days of eating and drinking and remembering Allaah, but it is permissible for the one who does not have a sacrifice to fast them (Ayyaam al-Tashreeq) in Mina.
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*ONSET OF RAMADAAN*
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The onset of Ramadaan is confirmed by *sighting the new moon,* or *completion of 30days of Sha’baan*. Whoever sees the new moon or hears about it from a trusted source must fast.

Using calculations to determine the onset of Ramadaan is bid’ah, because the hadeeth of the Prophet (ﷺ) clearly states: *_“Fast when you see it (the new moon) and break your fast when you see it.”_*.
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*WHO IS OBLIGED TO FAST?*
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Fasting is compulsory on every adult, sane, settled [not travelling] Muslim who is able to fast and has nothing such as menstruation or post-natal bleeding to prevent him or her from doing so.

A person is deemed to have reached adulthood when any of these three occur:
▪emission of semen, in a wet dream or otherwise;
▪growth of coarse pubic hair around the private parts;
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▪attainment of 15years of age.
For females, there is a fourth, namely
▪menstruation; when a girl reaches menarche (first period), she has to fast even if she is less than ten years.

Children should be asked to fast at 7years, if they can, and some scholars said that a child may be smacked at 10years if he does not fast, as in the case of salaah.
(See al-Mughni, 3/90).
The child will be rewarded for fasting, and the parents will be rewarded for guiding him to do good.

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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an laaila Ilan Anta astagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *We shall continue on this topic tomorrow in sha Allah*. Questions, problems and complaints on this program are welcome privately. May HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...AMIN.