In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Fast of the Month of Ramadan: Philosophy and Ahkam.
By: Yasin T. al-Jibouri.

Contents

• Introduction
• Fast in History
• Name and derivation
• Fast of the month of Ramadan
• The Niyyat (intention) to fast
• Significance of the month of ramadan and its fast
• A few benefits of the fast
• What breaks the fast
• Do not say Only" Ramadan"
• History and types of Fast
• Forty types of Fast
• Optional Fast
• 1. Fast of Eid al-Ghadir
• 2. Fast of Eid Miladun-Nabi (pbuh)
• 3. Fasting the first days of Thul-hijjah
• 4. Fasting the first day when the earth was expanded
• 5. Fasting the day of Arafat
• 6. Siyam al-Dahr: How to Fast all your
• The Prophet preaching about the month of Ramadan
• Norms of conduct related to the fast
• Breaking the Fast (Iftar)
• Invocations at the time of breaking the fast
• The month of repentence
• A glance at Paradise and Hell
• 1. A description of Paradise
• 2. A description of Hell
• When Fasting is prohibited
• It is the month of the holy Qoran
• Rewards of reciting chapters from the Holy Qoran
• The significance of the fast will be realized only at the moment of death
• What is al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem?
• Sharing Iftar with others the early meal of the month of Ramadan (Suhoor)
• Prayers during the Glorious Month of Ramadan
• Ghusl
• The night of destiny (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Which night is Lailatul-Qadr?
• Recommended deeds for each night of the last ten nights of Ramadan
• Invocations 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 of Ramadan
• Zakatul-Fitr (fitra)
• Who receives Fitra
• Eid al-Fitr and its Prayers
• Conclusion
• Glossary