Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz
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This is a booklet that briefly addresses the rulings of Fasting,
including a clarification of the categories of people relative to the
obligation of fasting, the immeasurable benefits of fasting, and things
that nullify fasting. We will also address the benefits and rulings
pertaining to Zakaah.
The First Treatise:
Important Issues on Zakât
This treatise aims at exhorting and
reminding the significance of the Zakât towards which most of the
Muslims are very careless as they are not particular in giving it out,
in spite of the fact that it is one of the five pillars of Islam and
that without it Islam cannot be firmly established. The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said:
“Islam is based on five (pillars): To
testify that there is no God except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allah; To offer Salât (prayer); To pay Zakât (obligatory charity);
To observe Saum (fasts during the month of Ramadan) and; To perform Hajj
(pilgrimage to Makkah).”
It is obligatory upon every Muslim, in
possession of wealth, to pay Zakât (obligatory charity). This Islamic
command possesses plenty of advantages of which some are mentioned
below:
1. It meets the needs of the poor of the society.
2. It strengthens the good relation between the rich and the poor, as
everyone is naturally inclined towards the one who does good to him.
3. It purifies one’s self and sanctifies it; and it purges one’s moral
of covetousness and miserliness; as is stated in the Qur’ân:
“Take Sadaqa (alms) from their wealth in order to purify them and sanctify them with it” (9:103).
The Second Treatise:
The Excellence of Fasting in Ramadan and Night Prayers in it, with Important Rulings not known to some People
Then after: This is a brief exhortation
on the excellence of fasting in the month of Ramadan and getting up at
nights for worship during it, as well as the benefit of competing in it
in good deeds; besides, there is also an elaboration of certain vital
rules of this fasting that might not have come in the knowledge of some
people.
It is an established fact that Allah’s
Messenger (peace be upon him) used to inform his Companions about the
commencement of Ramadan and he (peace be upon him) also used to tell
them that the month of Ramadan is a month in which the doors of Rahmah
(grace) and doors of Jannah (Paradise) are opened; while doors of
Jahannam (Hell) are closed; and during that period the devils are tied.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“When it is the first night of Ramadan,
the doors of Jannah (Paradise) are opened and none of them is closed;
and the doors of Jahannam (Hell) are closed and none of them is opened;
the devils are tethered; and a caller calls saying: ‘O those who seek
righteousness, get closer; O those who seek evil, be you at a loss; it
is upon Allah to bar (Hell) fire,’ and that will happen every night of
Ramadan.”
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