Ramadhan
Transcript: 1. To chew gum, rubber, plastic items or other such things (F: which are chewed, but not swallowed, and nothing reaches the stomach, for otherwise the fast would be broken). 2. To taste any article of food or drink and spit it out (F: without anything being swallowed). If a woman has a very ill-tempered husband, it is permissible for her to taste the food, provided it does not go down her throat. 3. To collect one's saliva in the mouth and then to swallow it, trying to quench thirst. 4. To delay a bath that has become obligatory intentionally until after Fajr time. 5. To use paste or tooth powder to clean one's teeth. It is permitted to use a miswak of any permissible fresh branch or root (tooth stick). [If one wishes to use toothpaste, one should brush one's teeth before the fast begins.] 6. To complain of hunger and thirst. 7. To take the water too much up the nostrils when cleaning the nose. 8. To gargle more than necessary (f: because if any water goes down the throat, even accidentally, the fast is invalidated). 9. To quarrel, argue, use filthy or indecent words. 10. To backbite, tell a lie and swear are sinful acts even when one is not fasting. Therefore they become even worse when fasting. 1. To partake of the pre-dawn meal (suhur) before fajr time enters. 2. To delay this meal to a little before fajr time. 3. To break the fast immediately after sunset. 4. To break one's fast with dry or fresh dates if available. If dates are not available, then with water. 5. To make the intention at night. Ramadhan DO! Don't ! • Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. • Fasting in the month of Ramadan is fard upon every Muslim, male and female, who is sane and mature. • Almighty Allah has promised great reward for those that fast, whilst severe punishment is in store for those who do not fast in the month of Ramadan. • Fasting has many physical, moral and social benefits. However, Allah has made fasting compulsory so that we become pious, God-fearing and God-conscious. • Fasting in Islam means to stay away from eating, drinking and cohabitation from true dawn (subh sadiq, beginning of fajr time) to sunset with an intention of fasting.