Compilation of Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (رحمه الله)

Points Covered:

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Introduction - Supplicating to reach Ramaḍān & Preparing for it
- The Example of Imām Mālik (رحمه الله)

• Question no.1: With the Blessed Month of Ramaḍān approaching, it is a time period of worship & obedience, so could you give us some advice and direction for this Occasion, and what is obligatory from us to stimulate & encourage ourselves with concerning Ramaḍān?
- The 3 Noble Acts of Worship that Ramaḍān entails
- The Matter of giving Zakāt, the Plots of the Shayṭān & what our Attitude should be towards Zakāt
- The Virtue of giving Charity
- Punishment concerning hoarding what is due upon a person
- The True Benefit of Fasting
- A Hadīth that mentions a couple of affairs that harm one's Fast
- How should our days be when Fasting?
- The Virtue of Standing the Night in Prayer & Tarāwīḥ 
- The Virtue of Standing with the Imām in Prayer
- What is upon the Imāms who lead the people in Tarāwīḥ prayers?
- What do find from within our Prayer?
- What is from the Pillars of the Prayer that many Masājid neglect & the Mockery some do in their Tarāwīḥ prayer?
- What is Inābah?

• Question no.2: Some of the Youth, may Allah guide them, are lazy & negligent concerning Salah both inside and outside of Ramaḍān but they fast during the month (thus bearing the hunger & thirst) whilst not praying; What do you advise them with & What is the Ruling on the Validity of their Fast?
- The Evil of Abandoning the Prayer though one may fast & give charity
- A Benefit of Prophet Ādam (عليه السلام)
- What does praying lead to?

Lesson 1 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (02.02.2025)

Points Covered:

- Is there a difference between Tarāwīḥ, Tahajjud & Qiyām al-Layl?
- The Connection between Sins & the Ṣalāh

• Question no.3: What's the Ruling on Sleeping through the Fasting Day & What is the Ruling of the Fasting person who sleeps in between the prayers and doesn’t do any other Ibādah aside from Ṣalāh?
- The 2 Circumstances this Comprises of

• Question no.4: What is the Intent of Fasting, in the Language and in the Deen?

• Question no.5: What are the Types of Fasting?
- A Word on the 15th Sha'bān (Shab-e-Bharāt)

• Question no.6: What is the Ruling on Fasting the Month of Ramaḍān?

Lesson 2 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (11.02.2025)

Points Covered:

• Question no.7: What is the status of Fasting in the religion and What is its Virtue in terms of worship (ibādah)?
- What does Eemān & Iḥtisāb mean?
- Why do we carry out Obligations?
- The Matter of Minor Sins
- What is the Amount of Reward for Fasting?
- The Matter of Taqwa

• Question no.8: What is the Ruling of Breaking one's Fast during the Day in Ramaḍān without a legislated reason?
- Rulings on the one who Intentionally Broke their Obligated Fast
- Can a person continue eating & drinking after breaking their fast during the fasting day?
- Can Ramaḍān be fasted outside of the month of Ramaḍān?

• Question no.9: How is the advent (start) of Ramaḍān established?
- Witnesses of the Crescent Moon
- Why are 2 people required to witness the Moon for Shawwāl (End of Ramaḍān/Eid al-Fiṭr)?
- How is the Moon sighted, the Ruling on Astronomy & Using Instruments to better sight the Moon
- Can we accept the Sighting of Saudi Arabia?

• Question no.10: What is the Ruling on the person who sights the Crescent Moon by themself?
- The Obligation of informing the Courts & the Ruling of the Judges
- The Views of the Scholars concerning the Individual themself if their testimony is rejected
- Starting your Ramaḍān and Ending your Ramaḍān with the people (jama'ah) of your land & not being irregular, doing your own thing and taking your own path

• Question no.11: What are the Pillars of Fasting?
- The Definition
- The 3 Signs that the True Fajr has entered 
- The Matter concerning those who Stringently Adhere to Prayer Timetables
- The 'Buffer' found on Timetables for Suhoor
- The History of Fasting; its Phases
- Allāh wanting for us Ease & the 2 types of Allāh's Will

Lesson 3 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (16.02.2025)

Points Covered:

• Question no.12: Who is Fasting an Obligation upon?
- The 6 Requirements Explained
- If the Kāfir becomes Muslim, do they need to make up missed fasts?
- Becoming a Muslim on a Fasting day
- Does the Insane person have to give Zakāt?
- The 3 Matters which indicate a person has reached Puberty
- A 4th Matter specifically concerning Women
- Advice for Parents to take heed of their Children reaching Puberty
- Benefits from Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) concerning Children & their Tarbiyyah
- What does a person do if they aren't able to fast? The 2 Types of Inability
- The 3 States of a Travelling Person; When is it Recommended/Allowed/Harām for a travelling person to fast/not fast?
- 2 Points to take Note of concerning the Menstruating Woman

Compilation of Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (رحمه الله)

Kabeera Miller