Month of Ramadan and Fasting

Ramadan month Begining:

Hadrat ibn-e-‘Umar radiallahu taala anh reported that the Messenger of Allah  Alaihissalam has said, “Do not commence fasting (Ramadan) till you see the new moon, and do not cease fasting (perform Eid) till you see it. But if the weather is cloudy, or there is a smog in the sky(which prevents sighting of the moon), then complete 30 days of the month.” [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, Page 256]

In another narration, the Messenger of Allah alaihissalam, “The month sometimes is of twenty-nine days, but do not fast till you see the moon. But if the weather is cloudy or there is a smog, then complete thirty days of the month.”

Hadrat Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah has said, “Commence the fast when you see it (the moon) and cease fasting (perform Eid) when you see it. But if the weather is cloudy, complete thirty days of Sha’ban.” [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, Page 256]

Ramadan fasting in quran and hadees:

شَہۡرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِیۡۤ اُنۡزِلَ فِیۡہِ الْقُرْاٰنُ ہُدًی لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَیِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الْہُدٰی وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَنۡ شَہِدَ مِنۡکُمُ الشَّہۡرَ فَلْیَصُمْہُ ؕ وَمَنۡ کَانَ مَرِیۡضًا اَوْ عَلٰی سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّۃٌ مِّنْ اَیَّامٍ اُخَرَ ؕ یُرِیۡدُ اللہُ بِکُمُ الْیُسْرَ وَلَا یُرِیۡدُ بِکُمُ الْعُسْرَ ۫ وَ لِتُکْمِلُوا الْعِدَّۃَ وَ لِتُکَبِّرُوا اللہَ عَلٰی مَا ہَدٰىکُمْ وَلَعَلَّکُمْ تَشْکُرُوۡنَ ﴿۱۸۵﴾ (البقرة)

رمضان کا مہینہ جس میں قرآن اترا   لوگوں کے لئے ہدایت اور رہنمائی اور فیصلہ کی روشن باتیں تو تم میں جو کوئی یہ مہینہ پائے ضرور اس کے روزے رکھے اور جو بیمار یا سفر میں ہو تو اتنے روزے اور دنوں میں اللّٰہ تم پر آسانی چاہتا ہے اور تم پر دشواری نہیں چاہتا اور اس لئے کہ تم گنتی پوری کرو   اور اللّٰہ کی بڑائی بولو اس پر کہ اس نے 

تمہیں ہدایت کی اور کہیں تم حق گزار ہو

"O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you in order that you might learn piety . . . . The month of Ramadan is that wherein was revealed the Qur'an, as a guidance to mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion. So, whoever among you witnesses the month should fast." [Al-Qur'an 2:183, 185] 


"Every deed of the Son of Adam is for himself, except fasting - it is for Me, and I shall reward it." [Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah] 

"There is not any believer who remains hungry, and abstains from the forbidden things, and does not wrongfully consume the wealth of Muslims, except that Allah will feed him from the fruits of Heaven." [Musnad Abu Hanifah] 

"Whoever fasts Ramadan with faith and expectation [of reward], his previous sins are forgiven him." [Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i] 

Rewards of fasting

"Fasting is a shield." [Ahmad] 

"There is not any servant who fasts a day in the path of Allah, except that Allah will distance him from the Fire by a distance of seventy years." [Bukhari, Muslim] 

"Fasting the month of patience and three days of each month remove rancor of the heart."[Ahmad, Bazzar] 

Warning against abandoning fasting in Ramadan

"Whoever breaks his fast in Ramadan without a [valid] concession or illness, he cannot repay it, even if he were to fast the rest of his life." [Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah]


sawm of ramadan-

saum or fasting

Ayyame Ramadan Ki Duaen