Here is the translation of the explanation of the Book of Fasting taken from the... Read More

Here is the translation of the explanation of the Book of Fasting taken from the work "The Concise of Jurisprudence" written by the noble and very learned: Sheikh Sâlih bin Fawzân bin 'Abdillâh Al-Fawzân - may Allah preserve him. Fasting in the month of Ramadan is a pillar among the five pillars of Islam and an obligation among the obligations that Allah (has made obligatory) and it is known as a part of the religion by necessity. And this is indicated by the Quran and the Sunnah and the Consensus:

And the ahadîth which indicate its obligation and its precedence are numerous and known. All Muslims are unanimous about the obligation to fast and that whoever denies it has disbelieved. The wisdom of the legislation of fasting is that in fasting there is a purification of the soul and a cleansing and purifying of the soul from evil mixtures and vile behavior because fasting narrows the avenues through which Satan passes into the body of the human being because Satan flows in the sons of Adam like blood flows and therefore if the human being eats and drinks, his soul expands for desires and his resolve weakens and his desire for acts of worship weakens while fasting is the opposite of this.