Ramadan A Gift From The Creator by Maulana Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi

Book Contents

• Some Important Goals of Fasting
• First Goal of Fasting: Taqwa (Piety)
• Second Goal of Fasting: Forgiveness of Sins
• Third Goal of Fasting: Nearness of Allah
• Fourth Goal of Fasting: Attainment of Great Reward from Allah
• What is Fasting?
• Types of Fasting
• Voluntary or Sunnah Fasts
• Fasts of A’ashura and moth of Muharram
• Fasting of Day of Arafa namely ninth day of Dhulhijjah 8
• Fasts of six days of Shawwal 9
• Fasts of the month of Sha’ban 9
• Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays 9
• Fasts of Days of Al-Beidh (13th, 14 th & 15 th of lunar days) 9
• Fast of David 10

• Makruh (condemned) Fasts 10
• Forbidden Fasts 10
• Ramadan and the Glorious Qur’an 11
• Qur’an’s Affinity with Ramadan 12
• Common Features of Qur’an and Ramadan- 15
• Practice of our Predecessors during Ramadan- – —15
• Tarawih Prayer 18
• Meaning of Tarawih – – 20
• Virtue / Merit of Tarawih Prayer – 20
• Number of Tarawih Prayer’s Raka’hs – -21
• Tarawih Prayer during the time of the Prophet (PBUH)- – -23
• Tarawih in the Reigns of Khulafa-ur-Rashideen (Rightly-Guided Caliphs)-:
• Action of the Companions (RA) and Tabi’een (RHA) about Tarawih 29
• Opinions (Sayings) of Senior Ulama of Ummah on Tarawih Prayer 30
• Imam Abu Hanifa (RHA): 30

• Imam Malik (RHA): 31
• Imam Shafa’ee (RHA): 31
• Elimination of a suspicion — – — 38
• Elimination of second suspicion — – – -39
• Elimination of third suspicion -40
• Special attention – -40
• Summary — 41
• Holy Ramadan in the light of Qur’an & Hadith 43
• Extract of Explanation of Verse 183 and 184 43
• Saum (Fasting) – – – – – – – – 44