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- Etiquettes and Sunnah of Fasting
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- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Have
suhoor, for in suhoor there is blessing (barakah).” (Reported by
al-Bukhaari, Fath, 4/139).
- “Suhoor is blessed food, and it
involves being different from the people of the Book. What a good suhoor
for the believer is dates.” (Reported by Abu Dawood, no. 2345; Saheeh
al-Targheeb, 1/448).
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- Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
- “The people will be fine so long as they do not delay iftaar.”
- (Reported by al-Bukhaari, Fath,
4/198).
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- “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to break
his fast with fresh dates before praying; if fresh dates were not
available, he would eat (dried) dates; if dried dates were not
available, he would have a few sips of water.”
- (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3/79
and others)
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- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when he broke
his fast, would say:
- “Dhahaba al-zama’, wa’btallat
al-‘urooq, wa thabat al-ajru in sha Allaah
- (Thirst is gone, veins are flowing again, and the reward is certain, in
sha Allaah).”
- (Reported by Abu Dawood, 2/765;
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- “When any of you is fasting, let him not commit sin…” (Reported by
al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 1904).
- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever
does not stop speaking falsehood and acting in accordance with it,
Allaah has no need of him giving up his food and drink.” (Al-Bukhaari,)
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- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
- “It may be that a fasting person gets nothing from his fast except
hunger.”
- (Reported by Ibn Maajah, 1/539; Saheeh
al-Targheeb, 1/453).
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- distracted by quiz-shows, soap operas, movies and sports matches,
- idle gatherings,
- hanging about in the streets with evil people and time-wasters,
- driving around for no purpose,
- sleeping in the day so as to avoid feeling hungry
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- “If someone fights him or insults him, he should say, ‘I am fasting, I
am fasting.’”
- (Reported by al-Bukhaari and
others. Al-Fath, no. 1894
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- “The son of Adam fills no worse vessel than his stomach.”
- (Reported by al-Tirmidhi
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- “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was
the most generous of people [in doing good], and he was most generous of
all in Ramadaan when Jibreel met with him, and he used to meet him every
night in Ramadaan and teach him the Qur’aan.
- The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was
more generous in doing good than a blowing wind.” (Reported by
al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 6
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- In Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from the inside
and the inside can be seen from the outside. Allaah has prepared them
for those who feed the poor, who are gentle in speech, who fast
regularly and who pray at night when people are asleep.” (Reported by
Ahmad )
- “Whoever gives food to a fasting person with which to break his fast,
will have a reward equal to his, without it detracting in the slightest
from the reward of the fasting person.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi)
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- Preparing oneself and one’s environment for worship,
- Hastening to repent and turn back
to Allaah,
- Fearing Allaah when praying Taraaweeh,
- 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,
- Charity given during this virtuous time is multiplied,
- I’tikaaf (retreat in the mosque for worship) is confirmed (as part of
the Sunnah).
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- “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
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. 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,)
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Notes
