THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawm Arba'a. 26th day of Sha’abaan, 1445AH (Wednesday, 6th March 2024).

SOME RULES PERTAINING TO FASTING IN RAMADHAN. BismilLah. 

In shaa ALLAH, fasting will be starting within few days time. May ALLAH grant us the opportunity to be part and aid us through. Aameen. 

Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the 'pillars' of the Islamic faith. It's obligatory (wajib), and one denying it goes out of the fold of Islam because it is obvious like salaat. It was declared an obligatory duty (fard ) in the second year of the Hijrah upon each and every mukallaf (one capable of carrying out religious duties, i.e. a sane adult) and breaking it (iftar) is not permissible except for any of the following reasons:

1. Hayd and nifas: Fasting is not valid

for women during menstruation and puerperal bleeding (after childbirth).

2. Illness: Fasting is not valid if it would cause illness or aggravate it, or intensify the pain, or delay recovery because illness entails harm (darar) and causing harm is prohibited (muharram). Moreover, a prohibition concerning an 'ibadah (a rite of worship) invalidates it. Hence, if a person fasts in such a condition, his fast is not valid. A predominant likelihood of its resulting in illness or its aggravation is sufficient for refraining from fasting. As to excessive weakness, it is not a justification for iftar or breaking the fast as long as it is generally bearable. Hence, the extenuating cause is illness, not weakness, emaciation, or strain, because every duty involves hard- ship and discomfort. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and makes us among those who fast successfully in the coming blessed month. Aameen.