The document provides guidance on fasting during Ramadan based on teachings from the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad. It recommends having a light pre-dawn meal, eating dates and drinking water at sunset with a prayer of thanks, and keeping meals light. It also encourages social visits, extra prayers, Quran study, patience, and controlling one's senses. The virtues of fasting including forgiveness of sins and entrance to Paradise are described. Believers are advised to search for the Night of Power in the last ten nights and pray for forgiveness on that night.

1. From
Fahmy, Rinzah, Waleed, Leila & Bilal

2. “ O y e w h o b e lie v e ,
f a s t in g h a s b e e n
p r e s c r ib e d u p o n
y o u a s it w a s
p r e s c r ib e d u p o n
th o s e b e fo r e yo u ,
s o th a t ye m a y
le a r n s e lf -
r e s t r a in t ” .
(Chapter:2, Verse:183)

3. General Recommendations
It is strongly recommended by Prophet Muhammed
(P.B.U.H) to observe these practices during
Ramadan:-
• To have a light meal before the break of the
dawn, known as Suhoor.
•To eat three dates and have a drink of water right
after sunset, saying this prayer: “O God! For Your
sake we have fasted and now we break the fast
with the food You have given us”.
•To make your meals as light as possible because,
as the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) put it, “The worst thing
man can fill is his stomach”.
(Al-Tirmidhi, no. 2380)

4. General Recommendations
•To exchange social visits & intensify humanitarian
services.
•To observe the supererogatory prayers known as
Taraweeh.
•To increase study & recitation of the Quran.
•To exert the utmost in patience & humbleness.
•To be extraordinarily cautious in using the senses,
the mind and, especially, the tongue; to abstain from
careless & gossipy chats & avoid all suspicious
motions.

5. T h e H o ly P r o p h e t M u h a m m e d
( P . B . U . H ) s a id , t h a t A lla h S u b h a n a h u -
w a -t a a la s a id :
“All the deeds of man are for himself,
except for fasting, which is for Me and I
shall reward it MYSELF”.
( A l-B u k h a a r i, A l-
F a t h , n o . 19 0 4 )

6. Virtues and Benefits of Fasting
• F a s t in g w ill in t e r c e d e f o r a p e r s o n o n
t h e D a y o f J u d g e m e n t , a n d w ill s a y , “ O
L o r d ! I p r e v e n t e d h im f r o m h is f o o d a n d
p h y s ic a l d e s ir e s d u r in g t h e d a y , s o le t
m e i (Reported d eAhmad, i m . ”
n t e r c e by f o r h
2/174)
• T h e s m e ll t h a t c o m e s f r o m t h e m o u t h o f
a f a s t in g p e r s o n is p r e f e r r e d b y A lla h
tha n the s c e nt o f mu s k .
(Muslim,
2/807)
• Who e ve r fa s ts o ne d a y fo r the s a k e o f
A lla h , A lla h w ill r e m o v e h im a d is t a n c e
o f s e v e n t y y e a r s ’ f r o m t h e H e ll-f ir e .
(Muslim,
2/808)

7. Virtues and Benefits of Fasting
• W h o e v e r f a s t s o n e d a y , s e e k in g t h e
p le a s u r e o f A lla h , if t h a t is t h e la s t d a y
o f h is lif e , h e w ill e n t e r P a r a d is e .
(Reported by Ahmad,
5/391)
• T h e H o ly P r o p h e t M u h a m m e d
( P . B . U . H ) s a id , “ W h o e v e r f a s t s
R a m a d a n o u t o f f a it h a n d w it h t h e
h o p e o f r e w(Al-Bukhari, Fath, p r e v i o u s s i n s
a r d , a l l h i s no.
37)
w ill b e f o r g iv e n . ”
• In P a r a d is e t h e r e is a g a t e c a lle d a l-
R a y y a a n , t h r o u g h w h ic h t h o s e w h o
f a s t w ill e n t e r , a n d n o o n e w ill e n t e r it
e x c e p t the m; w he n the y ha ve e nte re d ,
i t w i l l b e l o c k e d , a n dFath, - o n e e l s e w i l l
(Al-Bukhari, n o no.
1797)
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(Chapter: 97)

9. What to do in the Night of Glory or Power
Narrated Aisha (P.B.U.Her), Allah’s messenger
(P.B.U.H) said, “Search for the night of Qadr in
the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan”.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol: 3, Hadith no: 234)
Aisha (P.B.U.Her) narrated, “I asked Allah’s
Messenger (P.B.U.H) what should I do if I find the
night of Qadr”.
The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) replied, “Pray to
Allah: O our Lord! You are the most Forgiving,
You love to forgive, so forgive us”.
(Al-Bukhari & Muslim)

10. •G i v e u s t h e s t r e n g t h & p a t i e n c e t o f a s t
d u r in g t h e w h o le m o n t h o f R a m a d a n .
• A c c e p t a ll o u r f a s t s in t h is h o ly m o n t h .
• G iv e u s t h e o p p o r t u n it y t o w o r s h ip in
t h e n ig h t o f Q a d r & a c c e p t o u r
w o r s h ip p in g .
• H e lp u s t o c o n t in u e a ll t h e g o o d d e e d s
w e d o in t h is h o ly m o n t h .
(AMEE
N)