Explaining the rank of fasting in Islam and mentioning its obligation from the Book, the Sunnah, and consensus.
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The Shaykh : And whoever was with us yesterday, let him remember. So we say first: what is the rank of fasting in Islam? Brother, yes, that is right.
The student: The fourth rank.
The Shaykh : The fourth, perfect. It is a pillar of the pillars of Islam, and it is the fourth pillar. May Allah reward you. It is obligatory in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, or by the Qur'an and the Sunnah. What is the evidence for its obligation from the Qur'an? Please.
The student :[Al-Baqarah 2:183].
The Shaykh : Well done.[Al-Baqarah 2:183] That is the obligation. Now, from the Sunnah, Adel?
The student: The hadith of Ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : The hadith of Ibn 'Umar, what is it?
The student: The pillars of Islam.
The Shaykh : He said:
The student:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : Well done. May Allah reward you. And the Muslims agreed upon that, meaning the obligation of fasting, which is in the month of Ramadan.
The student: The fourth rank.
The Shaykh : The fourth, perfect. It is a pillar of the pillars of Islam, and it is the fourth pillar. May Allah reward you. It is obligatory in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, or by the Qur'an and the Sunnah. What is the evidence for its obligation from the Qur'an? Please.
The student :
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقونThe Shaykh : Well done.
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقونThe student: The hadith of Ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : The hadith of Ibn 'Umar, what is it?
The student: The pillars of Islam.
The Shaykh : He said:
Islam is built upon five: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of prayer, the giving of zakah, the fasting of Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to the House.
بني الإسلامThe student:
Islam is based upon five: the testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan, and performing Hajj to the House.
بني الإسلام على خمس شهادة ألا إله إلا الله وأن محمّداً رسول الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وصوم رمضان وحج البيتThe Shaykh : Well done. May Allah reward you. And the Muslims agreed upon that, meaning the obligation of fasting, which is in the month of Ramadan.