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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Brief of Islamic Law Fasting Fasting means that a person must, in order to do homage to Allah, from the time of Adhan for Fajr prayer up to Maghrib, avoid nine things which will be mentioned later. Intention for Fasting It is not necessary for a person to pass the intention for fasting through his mind or to say that he would be fasting on the following day.

In face, it is sufficient for him to decide that in order to do homage to Allah he will not perform, from the time of Adhan for Fajr prayer up to Maghrib, any act which may invalidate the fast. And in order to ensure that he has been fasting throughout this time he should begin abstaining earlier than the Adhan for Fajr prayer, and continue to refrain for some time after Maghrib from acts which invalidate a fast.

A person can make intention every night of the holy month of Ramad an that he would be fasting on the following day. The last time for making intention to abserve a fast of Ramad on for a conscious person, is the time of Adhan of Fajr prayer. This means he should, as an obligat ory precaution, be inten upon fasting at that time, even if in his uncon scious heart.

As for Mustahab fast one can make its intention at any time in the day, even moments before Maghrib -provided he has not committed any such act which invalidates the fast. If a person sleeps before Adhan for Fajr prayer in Ramaèàn or any other day fixed for an obligatory fast without making an intention, and wakes up before Tuhr to make an intention of fast, his fast will be in order.

But if he wakes up after Tuhr, as a precaution he should continue the abstinance with the intention of Qurban and then give its Qada also. If a person intends to keep a fast as Qada or Kaffarah, he should specify that fast; for example, he should spicify it as the Qada fast or as Kaffarah. On the other hand, it is not necessary for a person to spicify, in his intention, that he is going to observe a fast of Ramadan.

If a person is not aware or forgets that it is the month of Ramaèàn and makes an intention to observe some other fast it will be considered to be the fast of Ramaèàn. And in the fast of vow or the like, making intention of vow etc. is not necessary. If a person did not know or forgot that it was the month of Ramaèàn, and takes notice of this before Tuhr and if he has performed some act which will invalidate a fast, his fast is void.