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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions: He said -may Allah have mercy on him-

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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the command for the fasting person to guard his tongue and limbs from violations, quarreling, and the like:
From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When any one of you is observing Saum (fasting) on a day, he should neither indulge in obscene language nor should he raise the voice; and if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him he should say: 'I am observing fast إذا كان يوم صوم أحدكم فلا يرفث ولا يصخب، فإن سابَّه أحد أو قاتله، فليقل : إني صائم
Riyad as-Salihin 1240
Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And from him (may Allah be pleased with him) he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink من لم يدع قول الزور والعمل به ، فليس لله حاجة في أن يدع طعامه وشرابه
Sahih al-Bukhari 1903
Narrated by al-Bukhari "
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author -may Allah have mercy on him- said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the fasting person guarding his tongue from what Allah has forbidden": This is the title of the chapter or something similar to it, and what is meant by it is that it is obligatory for the fasting person to avoid every forbidden word and every forbidden action, because Allah the Exalted only made fasting obligatory for the sake of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), as He the Exalted said:
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 تتقون
[Al-Baqarah 2:183]
meaning: for the sake of that you may fear Allah Mighty and Majestic, and avoid His prohibitions. Allah does not want His servants to be restricted by abstaining from eating, drinking, and intercourse, but He wants them to obey the command of Allah and avoid His prohibitions, so that fasting becomes a school in which they accustom themselves to abandoning forbidden things and performing obligatory duties. And if a full month passes for a person while he is maintaining his religion, abandoning the forbidden, and performing the obligatory, then that will change the course of his life.
For this reason, Allah explained the wisdom behind it as taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
If any one of you is observing a fast, let him not utte obscene a fast, let him not utter obscene talk or raise his voice in anger إذا كان يوم صوم أحدكم فلا يرفث ولا يصخب
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2217
: meaning he does not do a forbidden action and does not say a forbidden word,
If someone insults him فإن سابَّه أحد
: meaning he started criticizing and insulting him,
or quarrels with him, he should say:" I am fasting أو قاتله ، فليقل : إني صائم
Sahih Muslim 1151a
: so that he may ward off from himself the inability to defend himself and make it clear to his companion that were it not for fasting, he would have responded to him with the same as what he did to him, so he remains dignified and not humiliated, but it is the humility of servitude to Allah the Exalted and obedience to Him.
And likewise he said (peace and blessings be upon him):
If anyone does not abandon falsehood من لم يدع قول الزور
Sunan Abi Dawud 2362Sahih (Al-Albani)
meaning the forbidden speech
and acting upon it والعمل به
: meaning with the forbidden
and ignorance والجهل
as in another wording, meaning aggression against people,
Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting.) فليس لله حاجة في أن يدع طعامه وشرابه
Sahih al-Bukhari 1903

The reader: "Chapter on issues of fasting:
From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) he said:
If any one of you forgetfully eats or drinks (while observing fasting) he should complete his Saum (fasting), for Allah has fed him and given him to drink. إذا نسي أحدكم فأكل أو شرب فليتم صومه ، فإنما أطعمه الله وسقاه
Riyad as-Salihin 1242
Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And from Laqit ibn Saburah (may Allah be pleased with him) he said:
I requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to talk to me about ablution. He said, "Perform the Wudu' well (by washing those parts of the body, such as the face, hands and feet beyond what is required, like washing the hands up to the upper-arm instead of the elbow). Cleanse the base of your fingers and sniff water deep into the nose except when you are observing fast." قلتُ : يا رسول الله أخبرني عن الوضوء ؟ قال : أسبغ الوضوء، وخلل بين الأصابع، وبالغ في الاستنشاق إلا أن تكون صائماً
Riyad as-Salihin 1243
Narrated by Abu Dawud, and al-Tirmidhi who said: A good, authentic hadith "
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Source alathar.net

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