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The Rules on Prayer & Fasting 2023

  • Prayer
  • Fasting
    • Conditions and Requirements of Obligatory Fast
    • Obligatory Acts of Fasting
    • Makrūh Acts during a Fast
    • Cases in which Qaḍā’ and Intentional kaffārah Are Obligatory
    • The Kaffārah of Breaking Fast Intentionally
    • Cases in which Only Qaḍā’ of Fasting Is Obligatory
    • Rulings of Qaḍā’ Fast
    • Kaffārah of Delay
    • The Rulings on Qaḍā’ of One's Parent's Missed Prayers/Fasts
    • Rulings on a Traveler's Fast
    • People for Whom Fast Is not Obligatory
    • Way of Ascertaining the First of a Lunar Month
    • Types of Fasting
    • Conclusion: Fasting Etiquettes and these of the Holy Month of Ramadan
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      Conclusion: Fasting Etiquettes and these of the Holy Month of Ramadan

       

      979. When a person starts a mustaḥabb fast, it is not obligatory to complete it and he can break his fast whenever he wants, but if a believer invites him to a meal, it is nice for him to accept the invitation and break his fast.
      980. It is mustaḥabb for a fasting person to perform the maghrib prayer before breaking the fast. However, if someone is waiting for him or if he is so hungry that he cannot perform the prayer with concentration, it is better to break the fast first, but if possible, to perform his prayer at its time of virtue.
      981. In order to observe the etiquette and respect for the blessed month of Ramadan, it is mustaḥabb for the following people to refrain from the fast invalidators, even if they are not fasting:
      1. A traveler who has done a fast invalidator during their trip and reached their watan or the place where they want to stay for ten days before ẓuhr;
      2. A traveler who arrives at their watan or a place where they want to stay for ten days after ẓuhr;
      3. A patient who breaks his fast and recovers before ẓuhr;
      4. A patient who recovers after ẓuhr;
      5. A woman who is free from menstruation or childbirth bleeding during the day;
      6. An infidel who becomes a Muslim on the day of Ramadan;
      7. A child who matures on the day of Ramadan.
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