Some people hold banquets and give invitations in Ramadhaan making it a month of occasions. Others slaughter, and distribute the meat, in charity and make other types of effort with food. What is the ruling regarding this?
Category: Scholars
Social benefits of fasting
Does fasting have any social benefits?
Awoke, and half-asleep ate some food, then realised that Fajr had already started
So, at that time I stopped eating and began fasting. Knowing I had eaten three or four spoonfuls, do I have to make up this fast or not, O Shaykh?
Assumed the use of the miswaak had broken his fast
A man used the miswaak whilst fasting and then assumed that this had broken his fast, so [because of this], he drank and ate afterwards. So, is it obligatory upon him to make up this fast and offer an expiation or [is it sufficient] just to make up the fast?
Awoke, and half-asleep drank some water, but don’t remember at what time
I was half-asleep but, as for the actual act of drinking, then I am sure about that. So, do I make this fast up or not, O Shaykh?
Fasting all the required days consecutively
Is continuity (i.e. fasting all the required days consecutively) obligatory in making up the fasts of Ramadhaan?
The wisdom behind fasting
What is the ruling of and the wisdom behind fasting?
Making up a fast of Ramadhaan on a Friday
If a person had one fast from Ramadhaan to make up, is it permissible for him to fast on a Friday?
‘Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’dee
He was the Shaykh Abu ‘Abdullaah ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Naasir Ibn ‘Abdullaah Ibn Naasir Aal Sa’dee from the tribe of Banee Tameem. He was born in the city of ‘Unayzah, in the region of Qaseem, on the 12th of Muharram in the year 1307 A.H./1886 C.E. His mother passed away when he was four years old […]
Died whilst still having days to make up from Ramadhaan
What is the ruling of one who has died whilst still having had days to make up from Ramadhaan?