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Fasting In Islam

FASTING IN ISLAM

Fasting is the practice of fasting from eating, drink, smoking, and sexual activity in Islam (known as Sawm () Arabic pronunciation: [swm] or Siym () Arabic pronunciation: [sijaem], also widely known as Rzeh or Rzah (Persian:, Bengali: ).

Sawm is observed between dawn and nightfall during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when the evening adhan is sounded. Fasting is the fourth of Islam’s five pillars, and Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar.

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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 com¬ manded 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 (muftirdt) and forbidden acts (mahzurdt).