A Guide to Ramadan & Fasting

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A Guide to Ramadan & Fasting,
[A5] Paperback - 52 pages,
Dr Musharraf Hussain & Dr Abia Afsar-Siddiqui,
Edited by Abdassamad Clarke.

Description :

A Guide to Ramadan and Fasting - is a concise yet comprehensive guide covering all aspects of Ramadan and Fasting.

It outlines the fiqh of fasting (including sunnah, mustahab and nafl fasts), Salat at-Tarawith, I'tikaf, Sadqat al-Fitr and 'Eid, giving the rulings of the Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali madhhabs.

*** Includes supplications, with translation and transliteration,
*** Very good quality print.

As well as these practical matters, the spiritual aspect of Ramadan is also highlighted.

Table of Contents :

---[1]. The Virtues of Ramadan,

---[2]. The Rulings on Fasting,
-------2.1 People Exempted from Fasting during Ramadan,
-------2.2 The Essentials of Fasting,
-------2.3 The Etiquettes of Fasting,
-------2.4 Actions that Invalidate the Fast,
-------2.5 Acts that do not Invalidate the Fast,
-------2.6 Qada (Restitution),
-------2.7 Fidyah (Ransom),
-------2.8 Kaffarah (Atonement).

---[3]. The Essence of Fasting,

---[4]. Salat al-Tarawih and the Qur'an,
-------The Origin of the Tarawih Prayer,
-------How to perform the Tarawih Prayer,

---[5]. The Last Ten Days of Ramadan,
-------Laylat al-Qadr,
-------The Itikaf (Retreat in the Mosque),
--------Types of Itikaf (Retreat in the Mosque),
--------Conditions of Itikaf,
--------Undesirable things in Itikaf.

---[6]. The End of Ramadan,
-------Donations at the end of Ramadan : Sadaqat al-Fitr,
-------Salat al-Eid.

---[7]. Other Obligatory and Optional Fasts, and Fasts that are Forbidden.