Saum (Fasting)
[breadcrumb_simple] Fasting commences at dawn and ends at sunset. Before dawn, the suhur meal is eaten. The next meal, Iftar, is eaten immediately after sunset. Iftar is also referred to as breaking the fast, traditionally done with dates and water followed by a meal, as per the example set by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Sunnah…
Fasting for Muslims is a method of annual spiritual purification, renewal, and reflection. By self-denial of worldly comforts, a fasting person comes to understand what it feels like to be hungry, thereby enabling them to empathize with the poor and needy in society by sharing their suffering. Fasting instills patience, teaches self-control and discipline. Fasting…
[breadcrumb_simple] – Fasting (Saum) in Islam is the practice of abstaining from food, drink, smoking, and sexual activity between dawn and sunset of a day during the ninth month of Islamic Lunar Calendar Ramadan. Fasting is known as Saum (صَوْم) in Arabic and the plural is Siyām (صِيَام). In Persian and Urdu, it is known…
[breadcrumb_simple] Devils are chained during Ramadan “When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained.” (Imam Bukhari) Past sins are forgiven Narrated Abu Huraira(r.a): The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:”… whoever fasts during Ramadan out of…
The word “Saum” appears 10 times in 7 verses in the Quran. The Muslim fast of the month of Ramadan is a continuation of the long history of fasting in the Abrahamic faiths. ”O you who believe! Observing As-saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you…