Fasting Siyam

(SIYAM (FASTING) THE MONTH OF RAMDHAN)
1) DEFINITION OF FASTING:
 LINGUISTICALLY: TO ABSTAIN FROM SOMEHTING

 JURIDICALLY: SIYAM (FASTING) IS A WAY OF
WORSHIPING ALLAH BY INTENTIONALY ABSTAINING FROM
FOOD, DRINK, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND OTHER THINGS
THAT BREAK ONES FAST; FROM DAWN TO SUNDOWN
2) ISLAMIC RULING ON FASTING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN:
1) FOURTH PILLAR OF ISLAM (OBLIGATORY / MANDATORY)
2) ALLAH (SWT) SAYS IN THE QURAN”
“O YOU WHO BELIEVE! FASTING IS PRESCRIBED TO YOU

AS IT WAS PRESCRIBED TO THOSE BEFORE YOU THAT
YOU MAY ACHIEVE TAQWA” (AL-BAQARAH (2) : 183)
3) ALLAH (SWT) SAYS IN THE QURAN:
“THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN WHICH WAS SENT DOWN

THE QURAN A GUIDANCE TO MANKIND AND CLEAR
PROOF OF THAT GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARD (FOR
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG)
WHOSOEVER OF YOU WITNESS THE MONHT SHOULD
FAST IT (AL-BAQARAH (2) : 182)
4) IBN-OMAR (RA) REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH

(SAAS) SAID:
“ISLAM HAS BEEN BUILT ON FIVE (PILLARS).. “AND HE

(SAAS) MENTIONED “FASTING THE MONTH OF
RAMADAN.” (COLLECTED BY BUKHARI & MUSLIM)
 NOTE: IF SOMEONE DENIES THE OBLIGATION OF FASTING THE

MONTH OF RAMADAN, THEN HE / SHE IS OUT OF ISLAM
 IF SOMEONE DOES NOT FAST THE MONTH OF RAMADAN
KNOWING ITS OBLIGATION, THEN HE IS GUILTY OF
COMMITTING A MAJOR SIN.
3) MERITS OF SIYAM:
1. ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAH (SAAS) SAID: “EVERY GOOD DEED OF THE SON OF
ADAM IS MULTIPLIED IN REWARD 10 TO 700 TIMES
(DEPENDING ON ONE’S INTENTION AND SINCERITY) ALLAH
(SWT) PROCLAIMS: “EXCEPT FOR FASTING, FOR IT IS FOR ME
AND I WILL GRANT THE REWARD FOR IT. HE LEAVES HIS
PASSIONS AND HIS FOOD FOR MY SAKE.! THE FASTING
PERSON HAS TWO MOMENTS OF JOY; ONE WHEN HE BREAKS
HIS FAST AND THE OTHER WHEN HE MEETS HIS LORD. AND
THE SMELL THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE FASTING
PERSON IS MORE PLEASANT TO ALLAH THAN THE SMELL OF
MUSK. “ (COLLECTED BY BUKHARI & MUSLIM)
2. ABU – HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE PROPHET (SAAS)

SAID:
“WHOEVER FASTS RAMADAN OUT OF SINCERE FAITH AND

HOPING FOR ITS REWARD FROM ALLAH, WILL HAVE ALL OF
HIS PREVIOUS SINS FORGIVEN.” (COLLECTED BY BUKHARI &
MUSLIM)
3. ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF

ALLAH (SAAS) SAID:
“WHEN RAMADAN BEGINS, THE GATES OF THE HEAVENS ARE

OPENED AND THE GATES OF THE HELLFIRE ARE CLOSED AND
THE DEVILS ARE CHIANED.” (COLLECTED BY BUKHARI &
MUSLIM)
4) BENEFITS OF SIYAM:
1. SPIRITUAL / MORAL BENEFITS:
 ABOVE ALL IT IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH

 TRANINS BELIEVERS IN TAQWA .. ( BEING MINDFUL OF
ALLAH & FEARING HIM BY DOING ALL THAT HE
ORDERED & AVOIDING ALL THAT HE (SWT) FORBADE).
 TEACHES PATIENCE & SINCERITY.
 DEVELOPS ENDURANCE & SELF-RESTRAINT.
 RESTRICTS THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHAITAN (DEVILS).
2. SOCIAL BENEFITS:
 STRENGTHENS UNITY & EQUALITY BETWEEN MUSLIMS.
 TEACHES SYMPATHY TOWARDS THE POOR & NEEDY.
2. MEDICAL BENEFITS:
 RESTS THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND GETS RID OF

ACCUMULATED WASTE.
 USES UP STORED CHOLESTEROL (FATS) IN THE BLOOD
SYSTEM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CAUSES OF HEART
DISEASE.
 TEACHES SELF-CONTROL FROM OVER-EATING,
SMOKING etc..
5) KNOWING THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OF RAMADAN:
1. SIGHTING THE NEW MOON OF RAMADAN (MONTH 9), EVEN

BY JUST ONE RIGHTFUL MUSLIM
• NOTE: TWO RIGHTFUL MUSLIM ARE REQUIRED TO

SIGHT THE NEW MOON OF SHAWWAL (MONTH 10).
2. COMPLETING THE MONHT OF SHAABAN (MONTH 8) AS 30
DAYS.
6) PILLAR OF SIYAM:
1) NEEYAH (INTENTION): FOR FASTING SHOULD BE AT NIGHT

TIME BEFORE FAJR
 NOTE: INTENTION FRO OPTIONAL/DESIRABLE

FASTING COULD BE AT ANY TIME, EVEN DURING
THE DAY, IF ONE HAS NOT DONE ANY ACT THAT
INVALIDATES SIYAM
2) ABSTENTION : FROM THINGS THAT BREAK ONES FAST

FROM DAWN TO SUNDOWN.
7) CONDITIONS / EXEMPTIONS OF SIYAM:
CONDITIONS EXEMPTIONS
ISLAM NON-MUSLIM
PUBERTY CHILDREN UNDER PUBERTY
SANITY INSANE-OR-SENILE ELDERLY PEOPLE
CAPABILITY UN- CAPABLE
SICK ELDERLY
CURABLE UN-CURABLE (FEEDS)

(Ex. INFLUENZA) (Ex. CANCER)
(MAKES – UP) (FEEDS)
LACK OF MENSTRUATING WOMEN- OR-WOMEN WITH POST-
PREVENTION BIRTH BLEEDING. (MAKES-UP)
RESIDENCY TRAVELER (IF NOT FASTING, MAKES-UP)
8) ACTS THAT INVALIDATE (BREAK) SIYAM:
1) EATING, DRINKING OR SMOKING.

2) ANYTHING THE SAME AS EATING OR DRINKING.
3) INTENTIONALLY VOMITING.
4) TAKING OUT BLOOD IN LARGE AMOUNT.
5) MENSTRUATION OR POST-BIRTH BLEEDING
6) SEXUAL DESCHARGE.
7) SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
8) INTENDING TO BREAK YOUR FAST
.IMPORTANT RULE: THE FAST IS STILL VALID IF A PERSON WAS
1) IGONORANT OR NEW MUSLIM

…. OF ISLAMIC RULING … OF THE TIME
2) FORGETFUL/ UN-INTENTIONAL.
3) UNDER-COMPULSION.
NOTE: EXCEPT FOR MENSTRUATION OF POST-BIRTH
BLEEDING.
9) COMPENSATION / EXPIATION FOR BREAKING SIYAM:

1) IF ONE BREAKS HIS FAST WITHOUT A LEGITIMATE
EXCUSE, HE HAS COMMITTED A SIN AND SHOULD REPENT
(TAWBAH); AND MUST MAKE-UP THE MISSED DAY(S)
BEFORE THE NEXT RAMADAN
2) IF ONE BREAKS HIS FAST WITH A LEGITIMATE EXCUSE. HE
MUST MAKE-UP THE MISSED DAY(S) BEFORE THE NEXT
RAMADAN.
3) IF ONE IS UN-CAPABLE OF FASTING DUE TO OLD AGE OR
HAS AN UN-CURABLE DISEASE, HE MUST FEED ONE NEEDY
MUSLIM FOR EVERY MISSED DAY (S) DURING RAMADAN.
4) IF ONES FAST IS BROKEN BECAUSE OF SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE:
 HE HAS COMMITTED A SIN AND SHOULD REPENT
(TAWBAH)
 HE MUST MAKE-UP THE MISSED DAY(S) BEFORE THE
NEXT RAMADAN.
 HE MUST MAKE A KAFFARAH (EXPIATION) BY
EITHER.
 FREEING A SLAVE (IF NOT POSSIBLE)
 FASTING TWO CONSECUTIVE MONTH. (IF
UNABLE)
 FEEDING SIXTY NEEDY PEOPLE.
NOTE: THERE IS NO KAFFARAH ON THE WIFE IF SHE

WAS FORCED.
10) MUSTAHAB (DESIRABLE) THINGS TO DO:
1. PRE-DAWN MEAL (SUHOOR)

2. HASTENING IN BREAKING THE FAST.
 MAKING DUA’A WHEN BREAKING THE FAST
 EATING ODD NUMBER OF FRESH DATES.
3. BEING GENEROUS.
4. STRIVING TO DO MORE GOOD DEEDS.
5. READING / STUDYING THE QURAN.
6. NIGHT PRAYERS (TARAWEEH)
 ESPECIALLY DURING LAYLATUL-QADAR
(ONE OF THE LAST TEN NIGHTS OF RAMADAN)
7. SECLUSION IN A MASJID (I’TIKAF):
 ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST TEN DAYS OF RAMADAN. BY
REMAINING IN A MASJID AND FREEING ONESELF FOR THE
WORSHIP OF ALLAH.
8. MAKING UMRAH DURING RAMADAN.
11) THINGS THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED:

1. OBSCENE LANGUAGE AND IMMORAL BEHAVIOR
2. LYING, BACKBITING, SLANDERING.
3. ACTS THAT LEAD TO SEXUAL AROUSEMENT
12) ZAKAT UL-FITR
1. ISLAMIC RULING: OBLIGATORY / MANDATORY
2. PERSONS : GIVEN BY EVERY MUSLIM (MALE & FEMAL / OLD &

YOUNG).
3. AMOUNT & TYPE : ONE SA’A (4 HANDFULS) APPROXIMATELY 2.5

KG. OF BASIC FOOD OF COUNTRY (WHEAT, RICE, CORN. Etc..)
4. RECIPIENTS: POOR & NEEDY MUSLIMS.
5. TIME: PREFERABLE GIVEN JUST BEFORE ‘EID PRAYER AND IS

PERMISSIBLE TO GIVE ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE.
JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR………………
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(SIYAM (FASTING) THE MONTH OF RAMDHAN)

 LINGUISTICALLY: TO ABSTAIN FROM SOMEHTING

2) ISLAMIC RULING ON FASTING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN:

1) FOURTH PILLAR OF ISLAM (OBLIGATORY / MANDATORY)

2) ALLAH (SWT) SAYS IN THE QURAN”

“O YOU WHO BELIEVE! FASTING IS PRESCRIBED TO YOU

3) ALLAH (SWT) SAYS IN THE QURAN:

“THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN WHICH WAS SENT DOWN

4) IBN-OMAR (RA) REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH

“ISLAM HAS BEEN BUILT ON FIVE (PILLARS).. “AND HE

 NOTE: IF SOMEONE DENIES THE OBLIGATION OF FASTING THE

1. ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF

2. ABU – HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE PROPHET (SAAS)

“WHOEVER FASTS RAMADAN OUT OF SINCERE FAITH AND

3. ABU-HURAYRAH REPORTED THAT THE MESSENGER OF

“WHEN RAMADAN BEGINS, THE GATES OF THE HEAVENS ARE

1. SPIRITUAL / MORAL BENEFITS:

 ABOVE ALL IT IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH

 RESTS THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND GETS RID OF

5) KNOWING THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OF RAMADAN:

1. SIGHTING THE NEW MOON OF RAMADAN (MONTH 9), EVEN

• NOTE: TWO RIGHTFUL MUSLIM ARE REQUIRED TO

1) NEEYAH (INTENTION): FOR FASTING SHOULD BE AT NIGHT

 NOTE: INTENTION FRO OPTIONAL/DESIRABLE

2) ABSTENTION : FROM THINGS THAT BREAK ONES FAST

CURABLE UN-CURABLE (FEEDS)

8) ACTS THAT INVALIDATE (BREAK) SIYAM:

1) EATING, DRINKING OR SMOKING.

.IMPORTANT RULE: THE FAST IS STILL VALID IF A PERSON WAS

1) IGONORANT OR NEW MUSLIM

9) COMPENSATION / EXPIATION FOR BREAKING SIYAM:

NOTE: THERE IS NO KAFFARAH ON THE WIFE IF SHE

10) MUSTAHAB (DESIRABLE) THINGS TO DO:

1. PRE-DAWN MEAL (SUHOOR)

11) THINGS THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED:

12) ZAKAT UL-FITR

1. ISLAMIC RULING: OBLIGATORY / MANDATORY

2. PERSONS : GIVEN BY EVERY MUSLIM (MALE & FEMAL / OLD &

3. AMOUNT & TYPE : ONE SA’A (4 HANDFULS) APPROXIMATELY 2.5

4. RECIPIENTS: POOR & NEEDY MUSLIMS.

5. TIME: PREFERABLE GIVEN JUST BEFORE ‘EID PRAYER AND IS

JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR………………

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