(1) Siyaam in Arabic means abstaining; in Islam it means abstaining from things that break the fast, from dawn until sunset, having first made the intention (niyyah) to fast.<\/p>\n
Ruling on fasting<\/p>\n
(2) The ummah is agreed that fasting the month of Ramadaan is obligatory, the evidence for which is in the Qur\u2019aan and Sunnah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):<\/p>\n
\u201cO you who believe! Observing al-sawn (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become al-muttaqoon (the pious).\u201d [al-Baqarah 2:183]<\/p>\n
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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: \u201cIslam is built on five [pillars]\u2026\u201d among which he mentioned fasting in Ramadaan. (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 1\/49). Whoever breaks the fast during Ramadaan without a legitimate excuse has committed a serious major sin, The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, describing a dream that he had seen: \u201c\u2026 until I was at the mountain, where I heard loud voices. I asked, \u2018What are these voices?\u2019 They said, \u2018This is the howling of the people of Hellfire.\u2019 Then I was taken [to another place], and I saw people hanging from their hamstrings, with the corners of their mouths torn and dripping with blood. I said, \u2018Who are these?\u2019 They said, \u2018The people who broke their fast before it was the proper time to do so,\u2019 i.e., before the time of iftaar.\u201d (Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1\/420).<\/p>\n
Al-Haafiz al-Dhahabi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, \u201cAmong the believers it is well-established that whoever does not fast in Ramadaan without a valid excuse is worse than an adulterer or drunkard; they doubt whether he is even a Muslim at all, and they regard him as a heretic and profligate.\u201d Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: \u201cIf a person does not fast in Ramadaan knowing that it is haraam but making it halaal for himself to do so, kill him; and if he does it because he is immoral [but believes it is haraam], then punish him for not fasting.\u201d (Majmoo\u2019 al-Fataawa, 25\/265).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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