True Value of Ramadan || Yusuf Estes

Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala) has obligated the fast of Ramadhaan upon all able Muslims and for those who have an Islaamically valid reason and are later able to do so, then they must make up the fasts that they missed. There is another catergory to consider and they are those who are unable to fast […]

Sufyan ibn 'Abdullah radiallahu 'anhu said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam, which I cannot ask anyone else besides you." He said: "Say: 'I believe in Allah' and then be steadfast (upon that)." [Sahih Muslim 38] The hadith is proof that the servant is obligated, after having iman in Allah, to persevere and be steadfast upon obeying Him by performing the […]

It’s obligation is indicated in the Qur.aan, the Sunnah and al-ijmaa’ (major consensus), as follows: 1) {O you who believe! Observing the fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become al-Muttaqoon (the pious). (Observing (fasts)) for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill […]