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The Fast of the Prophet

THE NINTH MONTH on the Islamic calendar—twenty-nine or thirty days of community fasting (Ṣawm), from crescent to crescent, Ramadan—is, among other things, a celebration of Al-Ra ḥmân’s renewal of guidance to mankind. Our Ramadan and Its Associations with Revelation One of the great…

How to Ask of Allah During Ramadan

AND IF MY servants ask thee about me—behold, I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right…

Fasting Excellent Weight Control Strategy

Ramadan Offers an Excellent “Weight Control” Strategy | Ahmed Motiar

EVERY YEAR, MORE than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan fast. For Muslims fasting is a religious obligation (Sûrat Al-Baqarah, 2:183), it being the fourth pillar of Islam. Yet fasting is also an excellent “weight control” strategy. The key point…

Your Child’s First Ramadan Fast | Sumayyah Meehan

THE HOLY MONTH of Ramadan is upon us. And for many families, this will be the first month of Fasting for some of its youngest members. Allah says in the Quran: O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as…

The Inward Requirements of Fasting | Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

PRAISE BE TO Allah who has thwarted the hopes of Satan and frustrated his designs by making fasting a bulwark and a shield for his righteous servants; who taught them that the way of Satan to their hearts lies in secret lust;…

Preparing for Ramadan with K.I.S.S. | Maryam Amirebrahimi

MANY OF US seek to find that spark of connection to Allah in Ramadan. But sometimes, even by the end of the holiest month of the year, we don’t feel that different. We wish our hearts were a little softer, our eyes…

A Ramadhan Primer on the Ritual Retreat of I’tikaf

In Islam, i’tikaf refers to a form of worship in which one stays in a masjid as a way of getting closer to Allah. The word i’tikaf comes from the Arabic root ayn – kaf – fa, represented here in English as …

Contemporary Nullifiers of Fasting | Part 1

In recent decades many developments in medical testing and treatment have posed fiqh challenges and raised original legal questions for Muslim jurists across nearly all the sub-disciplines of Islamic Law. But this has been particularly true with regard to siyam, or fasting—especially…

How to Return to the Qur’an | Part 1

Trans. by Ghada Khafagy THOUGH AN UNLETTERED nation, when the Arabs received the Noble Quran they did so with attentive hearts. Before memorizing it, they first implemented it in their lives and their conduct. This came as a direct and enthusiastic response…

Rulings Regarding Zakat Al-Fitr: A Cleansing and Enriching Obligatory Charity (part 2)

We continue from Part 1, wherein was discussed the meaning and purpose of this pillar of Islamic faith, as well as modern equivalencies and who is required to pay Zakat Al-Fitr. When is the Zakat Al-Fitr Payment Due? Imam Shâfiʿi and Imam…