Fasting

Contents

• Fasting the month of Ramadan
• The intention to fast: when and where to make it
• Sahur and iftar: the sunnahs of beginning and ending the fast
• What breaks the fast
• Eating or drinking by forgetfulness: the fast remains valid
• The expiation (kaffara) for intercourse in Ramadan
• Fasting of the traveller and the sick person
• What does not break the fast
• Disliked acts while fasting (makruhat)
• Making up (qada) the days of Ramadan
• Fasting on Monday and Thursday
• The six days of Shawwal
• Fasting Ashura and Arafah
• I'tikaf: spiritual retreat in the mosque
• The pregnant and nursing woman's fast
• The white days: three fasting days a month
• Fidya: feeding a poor person instead of fasting
• Sha'ban fasting: the preparatory month