Fasting Quiz

Dear all,assalmualaikum wr wb.. this series i am starting for those people who are newly converted or very young.Becuase month of Saum is very near we must be preparing for it.

Q.what is meant by saum?

Ans.Suam is an arabic word for fasting,literally saum means 'to absatin from something and to give it up'.

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Q.Accorsing to islamic jurisprudence what is meant by fasting?

Ans.Islamic Fasting means absataing from eating,drinking, gratifying sex desire etc,from dawn till sunset.

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Q.When was fasting made imperative on the followers of prophet Muhammad(SAWA)

Ans.One and half years after migration to Madina

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Q.In which month fasting was made imperativ?

ANs.In the holy month of Ramadahan

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Q.what is the real purpose of fasting?

Ans.The real purpose of the fast is to develop peity (taqwah) in person.

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Q.In whcih surah of the Qura commandament of fastin has come?

Ans.In surah Al-Baqra-Ayat no 183.

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Q. what are the proficienices of Ramadhan?

Ans. a) Holy Quran was revealed in this month. b) The night of glory(lailatul Qadr) fails in this month. c) Fasting was made imperative for the muslims

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Q.what was the name of given to Ramadhan by our holy prophet(sas).

Ans.SHAHRULLAH(ALLAH'S month)

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Q.why he named it shahrullah?

Ans.on account of its blessing and propficiencies.

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Q.What is the merit and excellence of Ramadhan in Hadith?

Ans. a)when the first night of ramadhan approaces,the satan and the rebellious jin are chained,the gates of hell are closed dwon and gates of Heaven are thorwn open. b)The livelihood of beleiver is enhanced c)It is the chief of All months. d)Its First ten days are blessing,the next ten days are of forgivness and the last then days are of liberation from the fire ofhell. e)In this month voluntary prayer(nafil)is equilvalent to imperative prayer(fardh) f)One imperative is equal to seventy imperative of other mnonths in reward.

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Q.What is the importance of Ramadhan in the history of Islam? Ans.

a) The Qur'an was snet down in Ramadhan b)Islam achieved its initial victory i.e muslims won the first battle fo the truth and false hood in the war of "Badar' in this month. c)Islam achieved its final and acomplete victory in the form of "the Great conquest of Mecca"

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Q.WHAT DID PROPHET(SAWS) SAY REGARDING REAL FAST?

ANS: 1.When you observe the fast,it is necessary that you restrain your eyes,your ears,your tongue,your hands and your other limbs from everything frobidden by Allah" 2."every good act of man is rewarded from ten to seven hundred times over,but Allah says; 'the reward of the fast is different: it is observed for ME alone,therefore i shall Myslef give its reward fro the faster restraint himslef from food and other desires only for My sake" 3."There are two joys fro the person observing the fast:the joy of breaking the fast with the overwhelming feeling of gratitude to Allah fro enabling him to observe a duty prescribed by Him,(and the joy of meeting his lord as a fatithful servant of His on the Day when He will grant His favours and blessing" 4."the breath of the faster is sweeter to Allah than the smell of musk" 5."the fast is shield gainst sins" 6."the person who observe a fast will full consciousness of his faith and a sense of accountiblity will be given all his previous sins

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Q MENTION DIFERENT KINDS OF FAST

ANS: 1. imperative fast(fard) 2.Obligatory(wajib) 3.Sunnat 4.Voluntary(Nafil) 5.Undesirable(amkruh) 6.Forbidden(Haram)

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Q WHICH ARE IMPERATIVE FASTS?

ANS: only 30 or 29 Fasts of Ramadhan in year are imperative for the muslims.

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Q.What happens if person denies imperative fasts?

Ans.He falls outside the pale of islam and becomes a grave sinner.

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Q.Which are obligatory fasts(wajib)?

Ans.a) fasts for atonement of sins b)fasts of oblation

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Q.which are sunnat fats?

Ans. a) shurs afsts on the 9th and 10th of muharram b) the fats of the day of 'Arafah,on the 9th of Zil-hajj. c)the fasts of the 'white days'(Ayyyam Baid) on the 13th, 14th,and 15th of every lunar maonth

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Q Which are voluntary fasts?

Ans: a) Six fasts of the month of shawwal. b) fasts of every Moanday and thursday c)fasts of the 15th of Sha'ban d)Eight fasts during the fats ten days of Zil-Hajj

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Q which are undesirable fasts?

Ans: a)Fasts observed only on saturday or saunday b) Fast observed only on the 10th of Muharram c)the fasts of a woman without her husband'permission d)fatsing without a break,which is called Saum-Wisal,i,e uninterrrupted or contnious fasting.

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Q. which are forbidden fasts?

a) On the day of "Id-al-fitr" b)On the day of "id-alAdha c)During the Tashriq days i.e the 11th --13th of Zil-Hajj.

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Q:WHAT ARE THE CONDITION OF FATSING?

ANS: a)Condition of vailidity b)Condition of essentiality

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Q WAHT ARE CONDITION OF ESSENTIALITY

ANS: a) To be a muslim b)To be in state of purity(for women) C)To have the intentiom of observing the fast,without the intention,even if person abstaining from all those things which are forbidden for the faster, the fast will not be valid.

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Q.What are the condition of essentiality?

Ans: These are four: a) To be a Muslim:the fast is not obligatory on a non-muslim. b)To be mature:the fast is essential for a minor child child. c)To b aware of the imperative status of the Fast of Ramadhan. d)To be healthy and well: to be free from disablity on account of which the sharia exemples a person from observing the fast e.g being on a journey old age,sickness,Jiahd etc.

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Q MENTION "THE SUNNAT AND DESIRABLE PARTS IN THE FAST?

ANS:1)it is suunat to eat or drink something before dawn,or have the sheri meal,even if it consist of a few dates or a few draughts of water. 2) It is desirable to eat the sheri meal shortly beofre dawn. when dawn is about to appear 3) it is desirable to have the intention of observing the fast (next day) before going to bed at night. 4) It is commnedable to break the fast just after sunset 5)it is commendable to break the fast with dates or water 6) It is sunnat to absatin from backbitting,lieing,slander,losing temper,raising voice unnecessarily etc,which should be avoided even normally,but one must shun these while fasting.

Taken From "Fasting quiz" complied by DR(Mrs)Rokhiya J.Siddque