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Fasting and the Holy month of Ramadhan

Mansour Leghaei
  • Fasting - A Body/Mind/Spirit Healing
    • 1. Prophet Moses
    • 2. Prophet Jesus
    • 3. Prophet of Islam
    • Benefits of Fasting
      • 1) Physical Healing
        • Healing Crises
      • 2) Social Healing
      • 3) Spiritual Healing
        • Fasting is the Heart of Servitude
    • Other benefits of Fasting
    • Degrees of Fasting
      • A Natural Diet
    • Religious Fasting
      • 1. Fasting of Al-Shari’ah (Jurisprudential Fasting)
      • 2. Fasting of Al-Tariqat (Ethical Fasting)
      • 3. Fasting of Al-Haqiqat (Mystical Fasting)
  • Ettiquettes of a Fasting Person
    • What a Faster is recommended to do?
    • What a Faster is recommended not to do?
  • Self-restraint, the Purpose of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
  • Ramadhan Awareness
    • Definition of Ramadhan
    • Significance of the Month of Ramadhan
    • The Benefits of Fasting
    • Unique Characteristics of Fasting
    • The Rewards of Fasting
    • The Punishment of Not Fasting
    • Sighting of the New Moon
    • Fast When You Have Observed the New Moon
    • Criteria for Sighting the Crescent Moon
    • Methods of Ascribing the First Day of a Lunar Month
    • Du’a at the Time of Sighting the New Moon
    • The Etiquettes of Fasting
  • Common Halal and Non-Halal Sea Foods
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Sawm (Fasting)
Ramadan

In this collection of articles about fasting, the author discusses its significance and practice during the times of the previous Prophets (a.s) and also, the etiquette and purpose of the month of Ramadhan.

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Mansour Leghaei
Imam Husain Islamic Centre
  • Fasting and the Holy month of Ramadhan
    • Fasting - A Body/Mind/Spirit Healing
      • 1. Prophet Moses
      • 2. Prophet Jesus
      • 3. Prophet of Islam
      • Benefits of Fasting
        • 1) Physical Healing
          • Healing Crises
        • 2) Social Healing
        • 3) Spiritual Healing
          • Fasting is the Heart of Servitude
      • Other benefits of Fasting
      • Degrees of Fasting
        • A Natural Diet
      • Religious Fasting
        • 1. Fasting of Al-Shari’ah (Jurisprudential Fasting)
        • 2. Fasting of Al-Tariqat (Ethical Fasting)
        • 3. Fasting of Al-Haqiqat (Mystical Fasting)
    • Ettiquettes of a Fasting Person
      • What a Faster is recommended to do?
      • What a Faster is recommended not to do?
    • Self-restraint, the Purpose of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
    • Ramadhan Awareness
      • Definition of Ramadhan
      • Significance of the Month of Ramadhan
      • The Benefits of Fasting
      • Unique Characteristics of Fasting
      • The Rewards of Fasting
      • The Punishment of Not Fasting
      • Sighting of the New Moon
      • Fast When You Have Observed the New Moon
      • Criteria for Sighting the Crescent Moon
      • Methods of Ascribing the First Day of a Lunar Month
      • Du’a at the Time of Sighting the New Moon
      • The Etiquettes of Fasting
    • Common Halal and Non-Halal Sea Foods
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