Fasting
What are three things that break the fast?
Possible Responses:
Eating,
Drinking,
Smoking, vomiting deliberately/intentionally
When Ramadan Begins, the gates of ___________ open and the gates of ____________ closes?
Jannah; Jahannam
Closing the gates of Jahannam means Allah is ready and eager to forgive, while Allah gives us the opportunity to attain Jannah almost effortlessly.
Prophet Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, once said: “When the month of Ramadan begins, the gates of the heaven are opened; the gates of Hell-fire are closed, and the devils are chained.” (Sahih Bukhari 1800)
How many rewards is a good act multiplied by in the month of Ramadan?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Every action of the son of Ādam is multiplied: a good deed receiving a tenfold to seven hundredfold reward.
What Islamic month was the Quran Revealed/sent down in and over a period of how many years?
The Month of Ramadan over a period of 23 years.
Which Pillar of Islam is Fasting, and what is it called in Arabic?
Sawm, The Fourth Pillar of Islam
This Night is better than a thousand months ( i.e. worshipping Allaah in that night is more than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months).
What is this night called?
The Night of Laylatul Qadr
This act of worship will remove your face from the Hell-Fire by a distance of 70 years.
What is this act of worship?
Fasting
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever fasts a day in the way of Allah, Allah will move his face away from the Hellfire by a distance of seventy years.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2840, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1153
How many Surahs are in the Quran?
114!
Although fasting is considered a pious act, what are the times when fasting is prohibited:
*HINT: IN REFERENCE TO ABSOLUTE DAYS ASIDE FROM RAMADAN
Eid al-Adha and three days following it: "You are not to fast these days. They are days of eating and drinking and remembering God", reported by Abu Hurairah.
-Eid al-Fitr -
Fasting every day of the year is also forbidden; "There is no reward for fasting for the one who perpetually fasts."
What is the door of Jannah that only admits the fasting people?
Baab Ar-Rayyaan
Verily, there is a gate in Paradise called Al-Rayyan, through which only those who fasted will enter on the Day of Resurrection. No one else will enter it along with them. It will be said: Where are those who fasted? They will stand and no one will enter it along with them. When they enter it, it will be closed and no one else will go through it.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1896, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1152
The smell of Musk.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5927
What is Surah Al-Qadr (the 97th Surah) about?
The Night of Laylatul Qadr.
Indeed, We sent the Qur’an down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
What is the Duaa for Beginning and Ending a fast?
Beginning a fast: Wa bisawmi ghadinn nawaiytu min shahri Ramadan. "I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan."
Breaking a fast: "O Allah, I have fasted for you, in you do I believe, and with your provisions (food) do I break my fast." Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu wa ala rizq-ika-aftartu
How many Ashras are in Ramadan, and what are they the days of?
3!
First 10 Days are days of mercy.
Second 10 days are days of forgiveness.
Last 10 days are days of Seeking Refuge from the fire of Jahannam.
What action can a person do to get the same reward as the fasting person?
Giving food to a fasting person.
“Whoever gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will have a reward like theirs, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 1746
What Surah in the Quran mentions Fasting and Ramadan?
Surah Al - Baqarah.
The month of Ramadan is that in which the Quran was revealed, as guidance to mankind and with clear proofs of the guidance and the Criterion. (Sūratul Baqarah, No. 2, Āyat 185)
Oh, you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may learn piety and righteousness” [Quran,2:183]
According to Imam Al Ghazali, how many levels of fasting are there and what are they?
3!
1.) Ordinary fasting means abstaining from food and drink. (Staying away from the basics)
2.) Extraordinary Fasting - keeping one’s ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet – and all other organs – free from sin.
3.) Perfect Fasting - fasting of the heart from unworthy concerns and worldly thoughts, in total disregard of everything but Allah, Great and Glorious is He. This kind of Fast is broken by thinking of worldly matters, except for those conducive to religious ends, since these constitute provision for the Hereafter and are not of this lower world.
What are the two actions that will intercede for a servant of Allah on the Day of Judgment?
Fasting & Qiyaam
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Fasting and the Qur’ān will intercede for the servant on the Day of Judgement. Fasting will say: My Lord, I prevented him from eating and his desires during the day, so accept my intercession on his behalf. The Qur’ān will say: I prevented him from sleeping at night, so accept my intercession on his behalf. Then, both of their intercession will be accepted.” (Aḥmad 6626)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed in Paradise, there are chambers, the outsides of which can be seen from their insides and their insides can be seen from their outsides.” A Bedouin stood up and said, “Who are they for O Messenger of Allah?” He ﷺ said, “For those who speak good, feed others, consistently fast, and stand in prayer at night for Allah, whilst the people are asleep.” (Tirmidhi 2112)
What reward has Prophet Muhammad SAW promise to the person who gives a fasting person water to drink?
Muhammad SAW said, "and whoever gave water to a person who fasted, Allah shall grant that giver a drink from my fountain - such a drink where, after that, a person shall never again feel thirsty until he enters Jannah."
[Ibn Khuzaimah]
Which Surah in the Quran does not start with Bismillah? Hence: You don't recite Bismillah before reading the surah.
Surah Al-Taubah.
Bismillah is a verse of the Quran, and Muhammad SAW did not say to put Bismillah between the two Surah's, so they did not put it between them. The Prophet SAW is the one who decided and said: Put the Bismillah, and he did not tell them to put the Bismillah between Surah al-Anfaal and Surah at-Tawbah, so they did not write it.