Tasting food during Ramadan
Question: Can women taste food in Ramadan? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, may Allah exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions. Some scholars have declared that it is disliked for a fasting person to taste food. This is the opinion of Imam al-Shafi' and those who agree with him. Some of them,...
Sorry, You Do not Fast!
Many young people wonder why Ramadan passes by without them being able to attain piety even though they fast. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become...
The Verses of Fasting and Contextualization - III
The saying of Allah The Almighty (which means): {And to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you} affirms the significance of the context i.e. the life of this Ummah (Muslim nation) and its identity are closely related to the glorification of Allah The...
One is rewarded for his good intention
Question: I want Inshaa’Allah to fast the first nine days of the month of Thul-Hijjah and break fasting on the tenth day along with slaughtering a sacrifice. How should I make my intention? Should I consider myself in a state of Ihraam (ritual consecration)? In case I menstruate during these nine days, will I still be rewarded? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except...