Monday, June 30, 2014

Why Dates for Breaking Fast ?



Photo: ‎Yahyaa Ibn Katheer said: 

"The best of brothers are those who say, ‘Come let’s fast before we die,’ and the worst of brothers are those who say, ‘Come let’s eat and drink before we die.’"

[Al-Hilyah, 3/71]

Abu Dharr رضي الله عنه said:
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said to me:

If you fast any part of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth ( in months outside of Ramadhaan)."

[Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, (761); al-Nasaa'i, (2424) classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, (1038)]

Sulaymân b. Mûsâ said: 

"When you fast, your hearing and sight should also fast, and your tongue should fast by keeping away from lies; and do not harm your servant. Don’t let the day you fast be the same as the day you don’t fast.

[Târîkh Dimishq, Volume: 22, Page: 389]

ʿAbdullah Ibn Al Mubarak said:

“Be tranquil and dignified on the day when you fast, and do not let the day when you fast and the day when you do not fast be the same.”

[Kitaab az-Zuhd: 1308]

Q• "Is it permissible to use toothpaste while fasting?" 

A• Imām Bin Bāz رحمه الله said: "There is no harm, as long as one is careful not to swallow it."

[فتاوى إسلامية (٢\٢٦٢)]

Fasting benefits

1• There is a gate in jannah called ar-raiyan and only those who observed fast shall enter through it. [Saheeh Bukhari, 1896]

2• The reward of sawn is for Allah and He shall reward for it. [Saheeh Muslim, 1079]

3• The smell of the mouth of the fasting person is better to Allah than the fragrance of musk. [Saheeh Muslim, 1151]

4• The fasting person has two moment of joy : when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord. [Saheeh Muslim, 1151]

5• Fasting one day in the cause of Allah, removes the face a distance of 70 years from the fire. [Saheeh Muslim, 1153]

6• Fasting will intercede for the slave on yamul qiyamah. [Sahih at Targheeb, 980] 

7• Fasting is a protection and a strong fortress that keeps a person safe from Fire. [Jami As-Sagheer, 1/232] 

8• Take to fasting for there is nothing like it. [An Nasai, 2222]

9• Dua'a of the fasting person is answered. [Saheeh Bukhari, 5065]

The Prophet ﷺ said:

"A man's fasting for the sake of Allāh distances him from Hellfire by seventy years journey.”

[Saheeh al-Jami (No. 3847)]

The Prophet ﷺ said: 

“At every breaking of the fast, Allaah has people whom He redeems.”

[Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 987]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: 

"The benefits of fasting are innumerable." 

[Zaad Volume: 4, Page: 301] 

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The fasting person leaves the most basic needs of eating, drinking & having intimacy for the sake of his Lord."

[Miftaah, Volume: 2, Page: 3]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"Allaah legislated fasting as a mercy for His slaves." 

[Zaad, Volume: 2, Page: 28]

Al Bassaam said:

"Fasting increases mercy and makes people aware of the pain suffered by those less fortunate". 

[Taysir al-Allaam, Volume: 1, Page: 313]

Ibn Rajab said:

"Most people's fasting are full of shortcomings, charity helps to patch these up." 

[Lataaif, Page: 232] 

Imām Muḥammad b. Badr al-Dīn Balbān said:

"If fasting becomes obligatory [upon someone] during the middle of the day in Ramaḍān, or if a traveler returns home whilst not fasting, or if a menstruating woman becomes pure during the day in Ramaḍān they must make that day up and refrain from eating the remainder of the day.” 

[Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣirāt, 161]‎

Yahyaa Ibn Katheer said: 

"The best of brothers are those who say, ‘Come let’s fast before we die,’ and the worst of brothers are those who say, ‘Come let’s eat and drink before we die.’"

[Al-Hilyah, 3/71]

Abu Dharr رضي الله عنه said:
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said to me:

If you fast any part of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth ( in months outside of Ramadhaan)."

[Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, (761); al-Nasaa'i, (2424) classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, (1038)]

Sulaymân b. Mûsâ said:

"When you fast, your hearing and sight should also fast, and your tongue should fast by keeping away from lies; and do not harm your servant. Don’t let the day you fast be the same as the day you don’t fast.

[Târîkh Dimishq, Volume: 22, Page: 389]

ʿAbdullah Ibn Al Mubarak said:

“Be tranquil and dignified on the day when you fast, and do not let the day when you fast and the day when you do not fast be the same.”

[Kitaab az-Zuhd: 1308]

Q• "Is it permissible to use toothpaste while fasting?"

A• Imām Bin Bāz رحمه الله said: "There is no harm, as long as one is careful not to swallow it."

[فتاوى إسلامية (٢\٢٦٢)]

Fasting benefits

1• There is a gate in jannah called ar-raiyan and only those who observed fast shall enter through it. [Saheeh Bukhari, 1896]

2• The reward of sawn is for Allah and He shall reward for it. [Saheeh Muslim, 1079]

3• The smell of the mouth of the fasting person is better to Allah than the fragrance of musk. [Saheeh Muslim, 1151]

4• The fasting person has two moment of joy : when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord. [Saheeh Muslim, 1151]

5• Fasting one day in the cause of Allah, removes the face a distance of 70 years from the fire. [Saheeh Muslim, 1153]

6• Fasting will intercede for the slave on yamul qiyamah. [Sahih at Targheeb, 980]

7• Fasting is a protection and a strong fortress that keeps a person safe from Fire. [Jami As-Sagheer, 1/232]

8• Take to fasting for there is nothing like it. [An Nasai, 2222]

9• Dua'a of the fasting person is answered. [Saheeh Bukhari, 5065]

The Prophet ﷺ said:

"A man's fasting for the sake of Allāh distances him from Hellfire by seventy years journey.”

[Saheeh al-Jami (No. 3847)]

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“At every breaking of the fast, Allaah has people whom He redeems.”

[Saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 987]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The benefits of fasting are innumerable."

[Zaad Volume: 4, Page: 301]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"The fasting person leaves the most basic needs of eating, drinking & having intimacy for the sake of his Lord."

[Miftaah, Volume: 2, Page: 3]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"Allaah legislated fasting as a mercy for His slaves."

[Zaad, Volume: 2, Page: 28]

Al Bassaam said:

"Fasting increases mercy and makes people aware of the pain suffered by those less fortunate".

[Taysir al-Allaam, Volume: 1, Page: 313]

Ibn Rajab said:

"Most people's fasting are full of shortcomings, charity helps to patch these up."

[Lataaif, Page: 232]

Imām Muḥammad b. Badr al-Dīn Balbān said:

"If fasting becomes obligatory [upon someone] during the middle of the day in Ramaḍān, or if a traveler returns home whilst not fasting, or if a menstruating woman becomes pure during the day in Ramaḍān they must make that day up and refrain from eating the remainder of the day.”

[Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣirāt, 161]

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