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Al-Siyam "Fasting"
El-Kholi, El-Bahay
El-Kholi, El-Bahay
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Almighty Allah said I "You who believe Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint." It is evident from this verse that fasting (siyam) is an ancient form of worship, prescribed for us Muslims as well as other nations which preceded us, ever since the time of Adam. Muslim scholars (ulamas) differed in their opinions as to what is specifically meant by the reference in the verse. "Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you..." Some claimed that the verse referred to the time prescribed for the fast that is to say, that Allah commanded the Jews and Christians also to fast during the month of Ramadan. Jews and Christians, however, added more fasting days over and above the days of Ramadan, then shifted the fasting from Ramadan to other dates. Other scholars said that the reference deals with the nature of fasting, in that it is an ordinance to abstain from things breaking the fast (muftirat) and forbidden acts (mahzurat). Some believed that the reference is concerned with fasting as being an obligatory ordinance, that is, Muslims, Jews and Christians alike are called upon to observe it, but that we differ from them as to the time during which it falls and the manner of observance.
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