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Ramadan is the month of blessings

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Ramadan is a great blessed month,

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to which the hearts of Muslims attach,

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their souls yearn for it,and expect it every year longingly and passionately

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During Ramadan,Muslims live distinctive spiritual atmosphere

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where fasting,Salah,charity,and reciting the Qur'an are combined to purify their souls,

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reassure their hearts,and achieve the great wisdom for which Allah ordained fasting

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as He ordained for previous nations.

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Allah the Most High says (which means) 

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"O you who believe!Observing As-Saum (the fast)is prescribed for you as it was prescribed

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prescribed for those beforeyou,that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious)."[SuratAl Baqarah:183].

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Piety is awakened and enhanced in the hearts of Muslims

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while performing this obligatory duty in obedience to Allah and achieving His satisfaction

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Piety is the shield which guards these hearts against the corruption of fasting by sins, 


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even if they are just thoughts.

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Piety is the objective which the souls of righteous people long for,

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and fasting is one of its mediums and a way delivering to it

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Therefore,the Qur'an gave much care to piety and made it a clear target for people to seek and achieve

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through fasting : "That you may become Muttaqûn (pious)."

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In order to fast perfectly,we should get ourselves prepared for Ramadan by:

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Repentance and returning to the way of Allah.

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Abandonment of amusements and distracting matters.

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Abandonment of rivalries,enmity,and disputes with Muslim brothers,and freeing oneself of grievances

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All these are parts of righteous works that draw us closer to Allah

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and more likely to be guided to righteous work during that month.

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We must know the rulings, Sunan, and etiquette  of fasting

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so that we can fast as our Prophet (peace be upon him)

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fasted,since Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He)does not accept actions except

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if they are in harmony with the guidance of the Prophet Muhammad (peacebe upon him).

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Fasting is: Worshipping Allah (may He be
Exalted) through abstaining from

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 food, drink, and sexual intercourse from the
break of true dawn to sunset

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It is obligatory on every

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Muslim,

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Sane

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Adult

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Able,

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Non-traveling.

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Another condition for women,which is:not to be menstruating nor a newly-delivered woman.

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It is a condition for fasting to recall the intention of fasting from the preceding night.

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It is desirable to observe Suhur (pre-dawn meal)by eating or drinking before dawn

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even by having few dry dates

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It is part of the Sunnah to delay Suhur unless it is feared of the dawn break.

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It is desirable also to hasten Iftar(breaking the fast)by eating some dry dates.

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During fasting a Muslim is required to avoid the following

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Anything that may corrupt his fast.

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Sins that reduce the reward

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As for Muftirat (things that nullify the fast),they are

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Eating,drinking,things that have the same ruling such as nutrition injections,

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and anything may reach the stomach deliberately through the mouth even if it is not edible

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Sexual intercourse and deliberate ejaculation by any means

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Flow of menstrual blood or puerperium from a woman

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Deliberate vomit

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It is safer for a fasting person not to apply cupping or donate blood during fasting

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since it is controversial among scholars to be one of the nullifiers of fasting

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All these nullifiers entail the doer tomake up for that day,

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except in the case of sexual intercourse which entails compensation and expiation.

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It is not part of nullifiers to use non-nutritious injections,

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asthma inhaler,heart-attacks pills that are placed under the tongue,

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using arak toothbrush or the regular toothbrush and paste,

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nor tasting food for a need

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A fasting person should be cautious not to let something reach his stomach.

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A person who ejaculates during sleep in the daytime of Ramadan,

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or wakes up Junub (in the state of major impurity)

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until Fajr,or overwhelmed by vomit must continue his fast as it is still valid.

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Breaking the fast is permissible for:

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The sick and those who have the same ruling such as old people who cannot observe fasting.

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A non-resident.

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A pregnant or suckling women who fear for themselves and for their babies

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People who have excuses not to fast must make up for the days they missed after Ramadan.

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As for those who are not able to compensate such as people of incurable diseases

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or old people who are harmed by fasting

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they must pay an expiation by feeding one needy person for each day they did not fast

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Sins reduce the reward of a fasting person and may totally cancel there ward.

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So,it is obligatory for a Muslim to feel the greatness of this month,

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thank Allah

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(may He be Exalted)for attending the month,

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and seek His Help in investing its hours in things that fix his heart,

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purify his soul,and draw him closer to mercy and forgiveness

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Of the most important things a person must be keen on during Ramadan

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is reciting,pondering over,and seeking the guidance of the Qur'an

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Allah the Most High says (which means):

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The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'ân,a guidance

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 for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong)."

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The benefits and impacts of fasting are countless

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to the extent that some non-Muslims observe fasting as a means for cure and treatment,

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moreover they wrote books on fasting.

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Praise be to Allah,the Lord of the worlds,

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for guiding us to this great religion which contains the goodness of this world and the next.