KITABUS SAUM – THE BOOK OF FASTING pdf download

Kitabus Saum – The Book of Fasting by Majlisul Ulama of South Africa

KITABUS SAUM – THE BOOK OF FASTING

Some Book Contents

• Definition
• The masnoon saum
• Sahri
• Saum in abnormal time zones
• Iftar
• The saum of ramadhan
• Nathrsaum
• Kaffarah of ramadhan
• Things which break the fast
• Things which do not break the fast
• Qadha saum
• Things which make permissible the breaking of saum
• Fid yah and wasiyyat
• Things which permit abstention from saum
• The days when it is forbidden to fast
• The virtues, significance and rewards of saum
• The sighting of the moon
• Wajib (compulsory) saum
• Masa-il pertaining to saum
• I’tikaf
• The three classes of fasting

Siyam is among the fundamental acts of Ibadat. It has been ordained by Allah Ta’ala for the development of taqwa (piety) in the Mu’mineen. Fasting is extremely efficacious for the acquisition of taqwa.

A Muslim cannot acquire Divine Proximity without taqwa. Without taqwa, the Muslim must necessarily drift far off the straight Path (Seeratul Mustaqeem) which leads to Allah Ta’ala and everlasting success in the Akhirah.

One who denies the fardhiyat (obligation) of Saum, no longer remains a Muslim and the one who does not fast during the month of Ramadhan is a Fassiq (an immoral and flagrant transgressor) of the highest order.

Such a Fassiq totally destroys his spirituality and morality and exposes his Iman to the gravest onslaughts of kufr.