Was fasting the month of Ramadan obligatory upon the previous nations?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner, Abu Ahmad, says: Shaykh, was Ramadan known among the previous nations? And was it a fast like this one?
Answer:
Fasting the month of Ramadan is specific to this Ummah. As for the fasting of the previous nations, it was according to the manner in which Allah prescribed it for them in their time. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[Al-Baqarah 2:183] Every nation has a specific fast that Allah prescribed for them. As for this Ummah, it fasts the month of Ramadan. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner, Abu Ahmad, says: Shaykh, was Ramadan known among the previous nations? And was it a fast like this one?
Answer:
Fasting the month of Ramadan is specific to this Ummah. As for the fasting of the previous nations, it was according to the manner in which Allah prescribed it for them in their time. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2676- هل فرض صيام شهر رمضان على الأمم السابقة؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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