Peace be upon you!
upcomming 17th May 2018, the month of 'Ramadan'. its an Arabic word which means 'Fasting'. its not only a worship activity in the Muslim society, but also every religion of past world, and that was 2 or 4 or 7 days only. Muslims have most used, the most practice of fasting existing in the world right now; its 29 or 30 days, depending on luner calender. its they called as "Ibadah". so today I will describe something ABC of Ramadan.
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Ramadan is the 9th month of Arabic Hijri calendar, in this month Muslims abstain from food, drink. The month performed to learn discipline and self-restraint, while obeying Their Religion. its called "Sawm / As-Sawm".
Fasting is one of the "five pillars" of Islam. the five pillers are:
- al Kalimah
- as salah
- aj jakah
- al hajj
- as sawm ( fasting / ramadan)
*Sourch: Narreted from Ibn Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Islam is built on five (pillars): the testimony that there is no god but Allaah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah; establishing prayer; paying zakaah; Hajj; and fasting Ramadaan.” (Al-Bukhaari and al Muslim)
Time to perform:
There are specific time to perform fasting. its starts before sun raise and ends after sun set every day whole of this month. Eat before morning says SAHRI - then start sawm, and eat after evening says "Iftar".
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Whats to avoid:
-Took Food and Drinking.
-All work related Sexual intercourse.
-any types of sin and criminal activities which forbidden other time also except Ramadan. As like falshood, fraud, lying, cheating, slang, smooking etc.
Whats to do:
-Safely stay away from all bad work.
-Read Quran and hadith and Earn Islamic Knoledge.
-perform salah (prayer) 5 times including Nafals- to best practice.
-after All, perform Sawm / Fasting.
Who are free from This:
-children / who are not adult (but try to practice if able, not bound to act)
-Sick
-traveller (according to schoolers of islam, distance made over 48 kilomiters)
Who must do this:
-upon every adult,
-sane, settled (i.e., not travelling)
-Muslim who is able to fast and has nothing as deep illeness.
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Benefits and Comments:
There are many scientific benefits of Ramadan but muslims mere benefits is to get paradise and get free from all past sins. such as-
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "In Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from the inside and the inside can be seen from the outside. Allah 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." (*Sourch: Reported by Ahmad 5/343; Ibn Khuzaymah, no. 2137)