Fasting Rules.

Question: We live in a land in which the sun does not set until 21:30 (09:30pm) or 22:00 (10:00pm), so when should we break our fast? Response: Break your fast when the sun has set. So long as you have a night and day in 24 hours, it is obligatory that you fast even if […]

Eat Suhur The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, highly recommend eating this pre-dawn meal before a day of fasting. While you may want to pass to catch some more sleep, remember that you can always take a catnap while you’re fasting, but you won’t be able to eat or drink. To make […]

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 […]