A 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)

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• 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

Lesson 4 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (18.02.2025)

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Brief Recap of the Previous Question (till 6:42)

• Question no.13: Some young people think that the Accountability for Religious Obligations (like prayer, fasting etc) begins at 16 years old but they may have reached puberty before this age and did not fast - What should they do & is it binding upon them to make up missed Ramaḍāns (since the time they reached puberty till now)?
- Girls feeling shy to inform their family they have began menstruation
- When is an Obligation removed/fulfilled?

• Question no.14: What is the Ruling on the Validity of a person's fasts but they do not pray?
- The barrier that protects a person from shirk & kufr
- What is an indication of when an affair is considered Major Shirk/Kufr
- Allāmah Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmi (رحمه الله) on the evil risk a person takes concerning their ṣalāh

• Question no.15: What is the Ruling on a person who fasts & prays during Ramaḍān, but when the month ends, they stop praying?
- Only Knowing Allāh in Ramaḍān, is this a good thing?
- The sign of a person's actions & deeds being accepted by Allāh

• Question no.16: What is the Ruling on a person who fasts on some days, and does not fast on other days?

• Question no.17: If a person did not fast after reaching puberty for a number of years, and then they started practising (got on their deen), are they required to make up for those missed Ramaḍāns?

• Question no.18: What are the Valid Reasons that permits a person to not fast in Ramaḍān?
- 6 Reasons stated by the Shaykh (رحمه الله)
- The Fatwa of Ibn Abbas & Ibn Umar (رضى الله عنهما) concerning the Ruling on whether the Pregnant and/or Breastfeeding Woman should fast or not, and the matter of Fidyah
- If a person breaks their fast during the day for a valid reason, but thereafter this reason becomes absent, are they still required to refrain from food & drink for the rest of the fasting day?

Lesson 5 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (25.02.2025)

Points Covered:

Question no.56: What's the Ruling on Travelling in Ramaḍān for the Sole Purpose of Not Fasting or to Break one's Fast?
- The 2 Harām Matters & the Obligation 

Question no.60: Are there differences between Adaa (Carrying out an Action) and Qadaa (Making an Action up)?
- The Restriction to the Month of Ramaḍān & what Extends to the next Ramaḍān
- Invalidating one's fast due to sexual intercourse
- Respecting the period of time of Ramaḍān, its Rank, Sanctity and Inviolability

Question no.61: What is the Ruling of a person who dies whilst they still had fasts due upon them to do?
- The Matter of a person's Inheritors
- In which situation are poor people fed?
- Can the Inheritors split fasts between them?
- The Right of Allāh compared to the Rights of the People

Question no.62: If a person died whilst fasting, then does their wali need to complete this fast?
- Does a child's duty towards their parents end when their parents die?
- Supplicating for one's parents whether alive or deceased: what is this a sign of?

Question no.67: Many people who believe that Laylat al-Qadr is on the 27th Night, they don't increase in ibādah on any of the other 9 nights from the last 10 nights, is this correct?
- Laylat al-Qadr moving from year to year
- Proof that Laylat al-Qadr can fall on Even numbered nights
- Is it correct to restrict one's striving to the 27th Night from Qiyām, Dhikr, Dua etc?
- Is Laylat al-Qadr just about you as an individual?
- Who are the best of those that fast?
- Losing out on the reward of Laylat al-Qadr

Question no.68: What is the intent of I'tikāf and what is its Ruling?
- Where is I'tikāf performed - at the Masjid? or at Home? or Both?
- The Connection to Jummah
- Are there different types of I'tikāf?
- When would the Messenger ﷺ perform I'tikāf?
- When does I'tikāf begin?

Question no.70: Is I'tikāf restricted to Ramaḍān only or can it be performed outside of Ramaḍān?
- The Question Umar (رضى الله عنه) asked the Prophet ﷺ concerning his Vow
- Is I'tikāf restricted to the all of the last 10 days?

• Some Masā'il pertaining to Zakātul-Fiṭr (taken from Al-Fiqh al-Muyassar of Shaykh Abdur-Raḥmān ibn Nāsir Al-Sa'di):
- Why is Zakātul-Fiṭr called Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- Is Money given as Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- The Ruling on who Zakātul-Fiṭr is obligatory upon
- The Measurements of Zakātul-Fiṭr
- What are the Conditions of giving Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- Who's Responsibility is it to give Zakātul-Fiṭr? 
- Who doesn't have to give Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- The Wisdom of giving Zakātul-Fiṭr and 3 Benefits of it
- A Significant Benefit mentioned by Imam al-Sa'di (رحمه الله) concerning the Rich and the Poor on Eid day
- When does one have to give Zakātul-Fiṭr and the Ruling on giving it outside of the prescribed timeframes?

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Q: What Actions are Most Virtuous to perform in the Last 10 Nights and does a person get More Reward doing Good Deeds on Laylat al-Qadr specifically?

Lesson 9 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (23.03.2025)

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Lesson 9 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (23.03.2025)

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