As for the Imām, peace be on him, he has mentioned many profits of it.

As for the Imām, peace be on him, he has mentioned many profits of it. The Month of Ramadān He, peace be on him, said: 'If a sayer says: 'Why has fasting been appointed especially in (the month of Ramadān) apart from the rest of the months?' "It is said: 'Because (the month of Ramadān) is the month in which Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur'ān, and therein is a distinction between right and wrong, as Allah, the Great and Almighty, has said: The month of Ramadān is that in which the Qur'ān was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction.

[1] In it Mohammed, may Allah bless him and his family, was appointed as a prophet, and in it is Laylat al-Qadr , [1] Ibid., 2, 185. which is better than a thousand months, therein every wise affair is distinct; it is new year; He ordains therein what is in the year of good and evil, harm or profit, provision or death, and for this reason it has been called Laylat al-Qadr.

'" For this reason Allah, the Most High, has made fasting obligatory in this blessed month and distinguished it from the other months.

Fasting is confined to the Month of Ramadān He, peace be on him, said: "If a sayer says: 'Why have they been ordered to fast the month of Ramadān, not less than that nor more (than it)?' "It is said: "Because it is the strength of worship through which He includes the strong and the weak; Allah has made religious duties on most things, and He has included the strong, then He has given permission to men of weakness, and make men of strength desire for excellence, and if they are set right by the less than that, then He will decrease them, and if they are in need of more than that, He will increase them.'" Surely Allah's wisdom and His directing things require that the interest of servants is in fasting thirty days, and if the interest was less than that, he would decrease them; likewise, if the interest was more than that, he would increase them.

The menstruating Women leave Fasting and Prayer He, peace be on him, said: "If a sayer says: 'Why does the menstruating woman not fast nor pray?' "It is said: 'Because she is in the limit of uncleanness [1] , so Allah desires that she does not serve Him except (when she is) pure, and because one who does not pray does not fast.'" For this reason the menstruating woman does not fast; nor does she perform prayer. However, she has to compensate for fasting when she is pure.

[1] Perhaps the correct is: She is in the state of uncleanness.