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Essentials of Ramadan, The Fasting Month
Tajuddin B. Shu`aib
Da`awah Enterprises International
Los Angeles, California. USA
- ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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- INTRODUCTION
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- GLOSSARY
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- ESSENTIALS OF RAMADAN, THE FASTING MONTH
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- FASTING (SIYAAM)
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- THE MERITS OF FASTING
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- BAD BREATH
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- KINDS OF FASTING
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- FASTING THE MONTH RAMADAN - SAWM RAMADAN
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- WHAT IS RAMADAN?
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- LEGAL STATUTES OF RAMADAN
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- MERITS OF RAMADAN
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- NEGLECTING RAMADAN
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- ASCERTAINING THE CRESCENT OF RAMADAN (HILAL)
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- INTERNATIONAL SIGHTING
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- WHAT SHOULD BE SAID AT THE SIGHTING OF THE CRESECENT
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- BASIC ELEMENTS OF FASTING
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- THE SEAT OF NIYYAH
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- FOR WHOM FASTING IS MANDATORY?
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- Non-Muslim (Kafir)
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- Insane (Majnun)
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- Minor (Sabiyy)
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- Puberty - Boys
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- Puberty - Girls
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- ELDERLY PEOPLE (Al-Harim)
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- PHYSICAL DISABILITY (Al-'Ajiz)
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- FEEDING (Itaam)
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- PREGNANT AND NURSING MOTHERS
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- TRAVELER
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- Type of Journey
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- What is Better, Fasting or Breaking?
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- THE NON-TERMINALLY ILL
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- BREAKING FAST TO SAVE LIFE
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- REDEMPTION OF RAMADAN (Al-Qada)
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- DAYS IN WHICH FASTING IS PROHIBITED
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- 1. The two 'Eids
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- 2. Three Days Following `Eidul Adha, The Days of Tashreeq.
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- 3. Singling Out Friday for Fasting
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- 4. Singling Out Saturday for Fast
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- 5. No Fasting on the Day of Doubt (Yawmush-Shakk)
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- 6. No Fasting for Life (Sawmud-Dahr)
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- 7. No Married Woman Should Fast without the Consent of her Husband
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- 8. Continuous Fast of Days and Nights without Break is Prohibited (Wisaal)
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- VOLUNTARY FAST - Tatawwu'u
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- FASTING SIX DAYS OF SHAWWAL (Sittu Min Shawwal)
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- FASTING ON THE DAY OF 'ARAFAH
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- FASTING IN MUHARRAM (The FIRST MONTH OF ISLAMIC YEAR)
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- FASTING OF SHA'ABAN
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- FASTING ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY
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- FASTING AND BREAKING FAST
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- PERMISSION REGARDING VOLUNTARY FAST
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- RULES OF FASTING (Adab As-Siyam)
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- SAHUUR
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- WHAT CONSTITUTES SAHUUR?
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- TIME OF SAHUUR
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- DOUBT IN THE BREAK OF DAWN
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- HASTEN TO BREAK FAST
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- SUPPLICATIONS DURING AND AT BREAK TIME
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- EXAMPLES OF SUPPLICATIONS DURING RAMADAN
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- AVOIDANCE OF THE THINGS THAT CONTRADICT THE SPIRIT OF FASTING
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- ORAL HYGIENE
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- THE USE OF TOOTHPASTE
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- CATEGORIES OF FASTERS
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- CHARITY
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- RECITATION OF AL-QUR'AN (TILAWATUL QUR'AN)
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- DU'AA OF RECITATION OF THE ENTIRE QUR'AN (DU'A KHATMIL QUR`AN)
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- STRIVING IN DEVOTION IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OF RAMADAN
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- THINGS PERMITTED DURING FAST
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- THINGS PEMITTED TO THE FASTER AS UNAVOIDABLE
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- NULLIFIERS OF THE FAST
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- NULLIFIERS THAT ENTAIL REDEMPTION (Al-Qada)
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- NULLIFIERS THAT ENTAILS REDEMPTION AND EXPIATION (Al-QADA & KAFFAARAH)
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- CONDITIONS OF FAST BREAKERS
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- (1) Knowledge (`Elim)
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- Doubt In The Break of Dawn
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- (2) Remembering (Dhikir)
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- (3) Breaking Fast Willingly (Ikhtiyaar)
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- DUTIES AFTER RAMADAN
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- Fast Breaking Alms (Zakaatul Fitr)
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- Eligibility
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- Spiritual Reasons For These Alms
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- What Should be Given?
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- The Amount To be Given
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- Time of Zakatul-Fitr
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- Place In Which Alms Should Be Given
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- The Recipients of the Alms
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- REDEMPTION OF RAMADAN
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- FASTING ON BEHALF OF THE DECEASED
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- MUSLIMS NEAR THE NORTH OR SOUTH POLE
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- THE NIGHT OF POWER
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- Al-Qadr
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- Occasion Of Revelation
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- Why the name, the Night of Power?
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- The Night Is Concealed
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- Where Is The Night?
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- Seeking The Night
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- ACHIEVING THE ESSENCE OF OBEDIENCE
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- Reason (Sababb)
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- Method (Kayfiyyah)
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- Kind (Jins)
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- Amount (Qadar)
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- Place (Makaan)
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- Time (Zamaan)
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- WHAT CONSTITUTES INNOVATION (BID'AH)?
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- RAMADAN NIGHTLY PRAYER (TARAWEEH)
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- TARAWEEH
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- Taraweeh In Jamaa`ah
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- Number of Raka'ats in Taraweeh
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- Neglecting Taraweeh
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- THE WISDOM BEHIND FASTING
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- Self-Restraint (Taqwaa)
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- Behavior Modification
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- Heath Care
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- Patience
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- Social Outlook
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- Family Ties
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- RAMADAN BELIEVERS
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- COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FASTING IN ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS
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- Fasting in Christianity
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- BIDDING THE MONTH FAREWELL
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- Takbeer
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- The Formula for Takbeer
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- THE BATTLE OF BADR
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- CONQUEST OF MAKKAH
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- THE ELEMENTS OF VICTORY
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- RETREAT (AL-I'ETIKAAF)
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- Its Legalization
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- Time Of Retreat
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- The Prerequisites of Retreat
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- The Pillars Of Al-I`etikaaf
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- Masjid In Which I'etikaaf Can Be Held.
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- Vowing I'etikaaf In A Special Masjid
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- Fasting In Retreat
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- The Beginning And Ending Time Of I`etikaaf
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- What A Retreater Should Engage In
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- What Is Permitted Of Retreater
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- Things That Invalidate Al-I`etikaaf
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- Redemption Of I'etikaaf
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- ZAKAAT (Alms)
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- Who Should Give Zakaat
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- The Nisaab
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- The Nisaab will not be valid unless it fulfills two conditions:
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- Zakaat Of Salaries
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- Business Activities
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- Paper Currency
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- How To Give Zakaat
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- Zakaat may be assessed and returned in two ways:
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- The Recipient Of Zakaat
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- THE LESSER HAJJ ('UMRAH)
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- EPILOGUE
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- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- ARABIC LISTING
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- ENGLISH LISTING
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Essentials of Ramadan, the fasting Month
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the author. Copyright @ 1991 by Tajuddin B. Shu'aib
Published by:
Da`awah Enterprises International, Inc.
P.O.Box 43554
Los Angeles, California 90043
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-071809
Tajuddin B. Shu`aib
The Essentials of Ramadan, The fasting Month
ISBN 09610618-1-2
Manufactured and bound in the United States of America.
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