(ISLAM) Uttering the Intention to fast out loud is an Innovation (Bidah)

(ISLAM) Uttering the Intention to fast out loud is an Innovation (Bidah)

In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate 

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"

 

Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

 

  

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

 

Uttering the Intention to fast out loud is an Innovation (Bidah)

 In India we make the niyah of Saum as "ALLAH HUMMA ASOOMO JADAN LAKA FAGFIRLEE MA KADDAMTU WA MA AKHARTU", I am not sure of the meaning, but is it the right niyah ?

The Ramadaan fast and other acts of worship are not valid unless accompanied by the proper intention, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Actions are but by intentions, and everyone shall have but that which he intended…" (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1; Muslim, 1907)

The intention is subject to the condition that it be made at night, before the dawn comes, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever does not intend to fast before dawn, there is no fast for him." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 730.

According to a version narrated by al-Nasaai (2334): "Whoever does not intend to fast from the night before, there is no fast for him." Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 573.

What is meant is that whoever does not intend to fast and resolve to do so from the night before, his fast is not valid.

The intention (niyyah) is an action of the heart. The Muslim should resolve in his heart that he is going to fast tomorrow. It is not prescribed for him to utter it out loud and say, "I intend to fast" or "I will fast tomorrow" or other phrases that have been innovated by some people.

The correct intention is when a person resolves in his heart that he is going to fast tomorrow. 

Hence Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said in al-Ikhtiyaaraat (p. 191): 

If it crosses a persons mind that he is going to fast tomorrow, then he has made the intention. 

The Standing Committee was asked: 

How should a person intend to fast Ramadaan? 

They replied: 

The intention is done by resolving to fast.

It is essential that the intention to fast Ramadaan be made every night or having 1 intention to fast entire Ramadhaan..

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daaimah, 10/246 

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(ISLAM) Fiqh : Suhoor: Pre Dawn Meal (part 3)

(ISLAM) Fiqh : Suhoor: Pre Dawn Meal (part 3)

In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate 

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"

 

Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

 

  

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

 

Fiqh: Sawm or Siyaam (Fasting)

 

Part 3: Suhoor: Pre – Dawn Meal

 

by Imran Ayub

 

 

1. The Pre – Dawn Meal (Suhoor)

 

The fast begins with a light meal, known as Suhoor, taken just before the break of Dawn.[1]

 

 

1.1  Its Wisdom

 

"O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious)."[2]

 

Originally, the time of fasting and its ruling were in accordance with what was prescribed for the People of the Book. It was no permissible to eat, drink or have sexual intercourse after one had slept meaning that if one fell asleep before eating the he could not eat until the next evening, and this was also prescribed for the Muslims as has preceded.

 

When this was abrogated, Allaahs Messenger (peace be upon him) ordered the taking of Suhoor as a distinction between our fast that of the People of the Book.

 

Narrated Amr ibn al – Aas (may Allaah be pleased with him): Allaahs Messenger (peace be upon him) said: "The difference between our fasting and that of the people of the Book is eating shortly before dawn."[3]

 

Some people are not serious about the Pre – Dawn meal, since either they have an adequate dinner the night before going for deep sleep, of they have a meal during the middle of the night. Either choice is wrong (refer to the above hadeeth).[4]

 

 

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1.2 Its Excellence

 

Narrated Anas bin Malik (may Allaah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Take Suhoor as there is a blessing in it."[5]

 

Narrated Aboo Saeed al – Khudree (may Allaah be pleased with him): The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said,

"Taking the pre – dawn meal in Ramadaan is a blessing, so do not leave it, even by drinking a mouthful of water. For Allaah the Noble and the Mighty, and His angels send blessings over those who have taken the pre – dawn meal."[6]

 

Therefore, the Muslims should not allow this great reward from the Merciful Lord pass by him, and the best form of Suhoor is dates.

 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "What a good Suhoor for the believer is dates."[7]

 

 

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1.3 Delaying the Suhoor

 

Narrated Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him): Zaid bin Thabit (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, "We took the Suhoor with the Prophet. Then he stood for the prayer." I asked, "What was the interval between the Suhoor and the Adhan?" He replied, "The interval was sufficient to recite fifty verses of the Quran."[8]

 

Imam an – Nawawee (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, "Our companions and other scholars are agreed that Suhoor is Sunnah, and that delaying it is preferable. The evidence for all of that is the Saheeh ahadeeth. And because Suhoor and delaying Suhoor helps one to fast, and they involve being different to the Kuffaar. Moreover the time for fasting is the day, so there is no sense in delaying iftaar or refraining from eating Suhoor at the end of the night."[9]

 

Abu Bakr al – Jassaas stated, "This hadeeth indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to eat Suhoor this amount of time before the adhaan, not that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) started to fast and stopped eating and drinking this amount of time before Fajr. There is a difference between the time of Suhoor and the time of stopping eating and drinking. This is clear, praise be to Allaah. It is like saying, "I ate Suhoor two hours before Fajr." This does not mean that you started fasting from that time; rather you are simply stating what time you ate Suhoor. 

 

What may be understood from the hadeeth of Zayd ibn Thaabit (may Allaah be pleased with him) is that it is mustahabb (recommended) to delay Suhoor and it is not mustahabb to stop eating and drinking a while before Fajr. Therefore, it is permissible to have intercourse, eat and drink during the nights of Ramadaan from the beginning of the night until dawn comes, then we are commanded to complete the fast until night comes.[10]

 

And It is Only Allaah Who grants success. May Allaah Exalt the mention of His slave and Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him), and render him, his household and companion safe from Evil.

 

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(ISLAM) MUHARRAMAT (THE FORBIDDEN THINGS)

(ISLAM) MUHARRAMAT (THE FORBIDDEN THINGS)

   

              

 

MUHARRAMAT
(THE FORBIDDEN THINGS)

1.     Allah (Glory be to Him) has prescribed for us in the Holy Qur'an and in the Sunnah (Traditions of the Prophet) many laws:

2.    Some of these are obligations and others are Muharramat (forbidden things, when something is prohibited we say it is Haram).

3.    As for the obligations, I have already pointed them out previously.

4.    As for the Muharramat, some of the most important of them are the following:

 

First: Forbidden Foods:

1.    Dead Meat: These are the dead bodies of animals which died naturally, (i.e. without being Islamically slaughtered) or by being strangled, or by falling from a high place, or by being partly eaten by a wild animal, and were not slaughtered before being dead.

2.    Also, those animals slaughtered by other than Muslims, Jews or Christians.

3.    But the meats of dead sea animals are not forbidden.

4.    Blood poured forth.

5.    Flesh of the Pig (pork).

6.    Meat which has, when slaughtered, had the name of anything or anyone other than Allah invoked upon it, or that was slaughtered to glorify any one other than Allah.

7.    The meat of beasts of prey, such as lions, dogs... etc, and those of preying birds that attack with their claws, such as eagles, vultures… etc.

8.    The meat of domestic donkeys and asses.

9.    The meat of animals that feed on filthy things, except if they are isolated and fed clean food for sufficient time.

10. Any food spoiled by filth until it is cleaned by water if it is possible.

11. Wine and all kinds of intoxicants.

12. Foodstuffs containing toxic elements which are harmful to our bodies.

 

Second: Forbidden Deeds:

Allah Hates these deeds and their doers and punishes them:

1.    To associate (in worship) anything or anyone with Allah.

2.    To be disobedient to our parents.

3.    To give false testimony.

4.    To kill a person whom Allah has forbidden to, except by Law (Legally).

5.    Adultery and fornication.

6.    To steal.

7.    To take anything, unjustly, from the property of an orphan,

8.    To desert the battle-field while fighting unbelievers.

9.    To falsely accuse with adultery or fornication a chaste Muslim woman or man.

10. To uncover "Awra" infront of anybody.

11. To take others' wealth illegally, by means of bribery, robbery trickery, or deceit.

12. To bribe in order to take others' properties illegally, or to get what you have no right to.

13. To marry mother, daughter, sister, paternal aunt, maternal aunt, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, whether they are through blood or foster relationship, your father's wife, your son's wife, your wife's mother or daughter.

14. A Muslim man is not permitted to marry a non-Muslim woman unless she becomes Muslim; but he can marry a Christian or a Jewish woman.

15. A Muslim woman is not permitted to marry a non-Muslim man, even a Christian or a Jew, unless he becomes a Muslim.

16. To take part in back-biting or scandals.