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Fasting

Fasting

15 April 2025

Refraining from indecent talk while fasting

Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Verily, fasting is not only from eating and drinking. Rather, fasting is from vanity and obscenity. If someone…

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26 March 2025

The du’a of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) at the time of iftar

Question What is the reference for the following du'a to recite at iftar? اللهم إني أسألك برحمتك التي وسعت كل شيء أن تغفر لي

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26 March 2025

Abstaining from sin is essential when fasting

Question Can you share the source for this narration? Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: "Fasting isn't merely withholding from food and drink alone, rather, it is also withholding from lying,…

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25 March 2025

A du’a to recite when breaking one’s fast

Question Kindly provide a reference for this du'a to recite at the time of opening one's fast: الحمد لله الذي أعانني فصمت ورزقني فأفطرت

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14 March 2025

An unreliable virtue of fasting in Ramadan

Question Is this Hadith authentic? Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) reported: "Whoever fasts during Ramadan and controls their hearing, sight, and actions from sin and lying, will be brought close to…

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11 March 2025

Abstaining from sin while fasting

Question Is this Hadith authentic? رب صائم ليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع، ورب قائم ليس له من قيامه إلا السهر

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10 March 2025

Two things to avoid while fasting

Question Kindly provide the reference for this: "Two things, if safeguarded, will ensure one's fast remains intact: backbiting and lying."

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6 March 2025

Ramadan; A blessed month

Question What is the reference for this Hadith? أخبرنا بشر بن هلال، قال: حدثنا عبد الوارث، عن أيوب، عن أبي قلابة، عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أتاكم رمضان شهر مبارك فرض الله…

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3 March 2025

Ramadan; A month to recite Quran and feed people

Question What is the reference for this? When Ramadan began, Imam Ibn Shihab az Zuhri (rahimahullah) would say, "It is only about reciting the Qur'an and feeding others."

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2 December 2024

‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (radiyallahu ‘anhu) preferred voluntary Salah over nafl fasting

Question Is there a narration stating that 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (radiyallahu 'anhu) preferred to offer optional Salah rather than keeping nafl fast? If he would fast it was just the three days a…

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28 October 2024

The benefits of occasional hunger

Question Could you please provide the reference? "Hunger purifies the heart, suppresses desires, and causes subtle/precise knowledge."

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15 July 2024

An unreliable Hadith on fasting on ‘Ashura

Question Is this Hadith authentic? "Whoever fasts on the day of 'Ashura will serve as atonement for forty years of sins."

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29 April 2024

Charity on behalf of a deceased who did not make a bequest

Question Is this Hadith authentic? A man said to Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam), "My mother died suddenly and I thought that if she had lived she would have given alms. So, if I give alms now on…

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2 April 2024

The two battles a Believer faces during Ramadan

Question Please provide the correct reference for his statement: Al-Hafiz said: "Know that in the month of Ramadan, there are two Jihads of the self which take place for the believer: Jihad of the…

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21 March 2024

Whoever fails to fast in Ramadan without a valid excuse is truly unfortunate

Question Is this Hadith suitable to quote? من أدرك رمضان ولم يصمه فقد شقي

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