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Fast of the Month of Ramadan: Philosophy and Ahkam

Author: Yasin T. al-Jibouri
Publisher: www.al-islam.org
Category:

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Fast in History
• Name and Derivation
• Fast of the Month of Ramadan
• References
• The Niyyat (Intention) to Fast
• Significance of the Month of Ramadan and its Fast
• Reference
• A Few Benefits of the Fast
• What Breaks the Fast
• Do not say “Ramadan” only
• Reference
• History and Types of Fast
• Reference
• Forty Types of Fast
• References
• Optional Fast
• 1) Fast of Eid al-Ghadir
• 2) Fast of Eid Miladun-Nabi (S)
• 3) Fasting the First Days of Thul-Hijjah
• 4) Fasting the Day When the Earth was Expanded
• 5) Fasting the Day of Arafat
• 6) Siyam al-Dahr: How to Fast all Your Life
• References
• The Prophet (S) preaching about the Month of Ramadan
• Norms of Conduct related to the Fast
• Breaking the Fast (Iftar)
• Invocations at the time of Breaking of the Fast
• The Month of Repetance
• A Glance at Paradise and Hell
• 1) A Description of Paradise
• 2) A Description of Hell
• References
• When Fast is Prohibited
• It is the Month of the Holy Qur’an
• Reference
• Rewards of Reciting Chapters from the Holy Qur’an
• The Basmala
• Chapter 1 (al-Fatiha)
• Chapter 2 (al-Baqarah)
• Chapter 3 (Aali-’Imran)
• Chapter 4 (al-Nisaa)
• Chapter 5 (al-Maida)
• Chapter 6 (al-An’am)
• Chapter 7 (al-A’raf)
• Chapter 8 (al-Anfal)
• Chapter 9 (Bara'ah)
• Chapter 10 (Younus)
• Chapter 11 (Hud)
• Chapter 12 (Yousuf)
• Chapter 13 (al-Ra’d)
• Chapter 14 (Ibrahim)
• Chapter 15 (al-Hijr)
• Chapter 16 (al-Nahl)
• Chapter 17 (al-Isra')
• Chapter 18 (al-Kahaf)
• Chapter 19 (Maryam)
• Chapter 20 (Ta-Ha)
• Chapter 21 (al-Anbiya')
• Chapter 22 (al-Hajj)
• Chapter 23 (al-Muminun)
• Chapter 24 (al-Nur)
• Chapter 25 (al-Furqan)
• Chapter 26 (al-Shu’ara')
• Chapter 27 (al-Naml)
• Chapter 28 (al-Qasas)
• Chapter 29 (al-’Ankabut)
• Chapter 30 (al-Rum)
• Chapter 31 (Luqman)
• Chapter 32 (al-Sajdah)
• Chapter 33 (al-Ahzab)
• Chapter 34 (Saba')
• Chapter 35 (Fatir)
• Chapter 36 (Ya-Sin)
• Chapter 37 (al-Saffat)
• Chapter 38 (Sad)
• Chapter 39 (al-Zumar)
• Chapter 40 (al-Mu'min)
• Chapter 41 (al-Sajda or Fussilat)
• Chapter 42 (al-Shura)
• Chapter 43 (al-Zukhruf)
• Chapter 44 (al-Dukhkhan)
• Chapter 45 (al-Jathiya)
• Chapter 46 (al-Ahqaf)
• Chapter 47 (Muhammad)
• Chapter 48 (al-Fath)
• Chapter 49 (al-Hujurat)
• Chapter 50 (Qaf)
• Chapter 51 (al-Thariyat)
• Chapter 52 (al-Tur)
• Chapter 53 (al-Najm)
• Chapter 54 (al-Qamar)
• Chapter 55 (al-Rahman)
• Chapter 56 (al-Waqi’a)
• Chapter 57 (al-Hadeed)
• Chapter 58 (al-Mujadila)
• Chapter 59 (al-Hashr)
• Chapter 60 (al-Mumtahana)
• Chapter 61 (al-Saff)
• Chapter 62 (al-Jum’a)
• Chapter 63 (al-Munafiqun)
• Chapter 64 (al-Taghabun)
• Chapter 65 (al-Talaq)
• Chapter 66 (al-Tahreem)
• Chapter 67 (al-Mulk or Tabarak)
• Chapter 68 (al-Qalam or Noon)
• Chapter 69 (al-Haqqah)
• Chapter 70 (al-Ma’arij)
• Chapter 71 (Nuh)
• Chapter 72 (al-Jinn)
• Chapter 73 (al-Muzzammil)
• Chapter 74 (al-Muddaththir)
• Chapter 75 (al-Qiyama)
• Chapter 76 (al-Dahr or Hal Ata)
• Chapter 77 (al-Mursalat)
• Chapter 78 (al-Naba')
• Chapter 79 (al-Nazi’at)
• Chapter 80 (Abasa)
• Chapter 81 (al-Takweer)
• Chapter 82 (al-Infitar)
• Chapter 83 (al-Mutaffifeen)
• Chapter 84 (al-Inshiqaq)
• Chapter 85 (al-Buruj)
• Chapter 86 (al-Tariq)
• Chapter 87 (al-A’la)
• Chapter 88 (al-Ghashiya)
• Chapter 89 (al-Fajr)
• Chapter 90 (al-Balad)
• Chapter 91 (al-Shams)
• Chapter 92 (al-Layl)
• Chapter 93 (al-Duha)
• Chapter 94 (al-Inshirah)
• Chapter 95 (al-Teen)
• Chapter 96 (al-’Alaq)
• Chapter 97 (al-Qadr)
• Chapter 98 (al-Bayyina)
• Chapter 99 (al-Zilzal)
• Chapter 100 (al-’Adiy­at)
• Chapter 101 (al-Qari’a)
• Chapter 102 (al-Takathur)
• Chapter 103 (al-’Asr)
• Chapter 104 (al-Humaza)
• Chapter 105 (al-Feel)
• Chapter 106 (Quraysh)
• Chapter 107 (al-Ma’un or al-Deen)
• Chapter 108 (al-Kawthar)
• Chapter 109 (al-Kafirun)
• Chapter 110 (al-Nasr)
• Chapter 111 (al-Lahab)
• Chapte 112 (al-Ikhlas)
• Chapter 113 (al-Falaq)
• Chapter 114 (al-Nas)
• References
• The Significance of the Fast will be realized only at the moment of Death
• What is al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem?
• Reference
• Sharing Iftar with Others
• The early meal of the Month of Ramadan (Suhoor)
• References
• Prayer during the Glorious month of Ramadan
• Ghusl
• The Night of Destiny (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Which Night is Lailatul-Qadr?
• Which Night is Lailatul-Qadr?
• Recommended Deeds for the Twenty-Third Night of the Month of Ramadan 
• Invocation for the Twenty-Third Night (of the Month of Ramadan)
• What ought to be repeated every night of the last ten nights of the month
• Zakatul-Fitr (Fitra)
• Who receives Fitra
• Eid al-Fitr and its Prayers
• Reference
• Conclusion
• Glossary