A Concise Study Guide to Fasting the Month of Ramaḍān

[Al-Baghdadi]

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A Concise Study Guide to Fasting the Month of Ramaḍān

Before the reader are brief and concise notes from a four-day seminar that was conducted at Masjid Muqbil Ibn Hādī al-Wādiᶜī [d. 1422 AH] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1) on the topic of “Fiqh Rulings of Ramaḍān.”
The book that was used is titled: Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣirāt, translated to mean:“The Most Concise Summary [on Fiqh Rulings] (2).” The book was written by Imām Muḥammad b. Badr al-Dīn Balbān [d. 1083 AH].

During the seminar, this concise book was coupled with parts of its explanation by the great, contemporary, elder scholar, Dr. Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān al-Fawzān (3), may Allāh protect him.

When reading the study guide, that which is preceded by a bullet point is the speech of the author of Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣirāt, Muḥammad b. Badr al-Dīn Balbān, and other than that is the speech of Dr. Ṣāliḥ b. Fawzān al-Fawzān. That which is from the translator is proceeded by [TN], translator’s notes.

Finally, this study guide is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to the fiqh of fasting. Rather, it is meant to be as brief and concise as possible.

Therefore, differing between the scholars of Islām will not be mentioned, and it is not far-fetched that the reader may read or hear different opinions other than those mentioned in this study guide.

We ask Allāh, the Exalted, to make this effort solely for Him. And may He, the All Able, make it of benefit to its compiler and to those who read it. And may Allāh’s peace and blessings be upon His last Messenger, al-Muṣṭafā, Muḥammad b. Abdillāh.

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Written by:
Abū Ādam Jamīl Finch
Umm al-Qurā University, Makkah, K.S.A, College of Sharīᶜah
Philadelphia, PA. – West Oak Lane
25th of Shᶜabān, 1432AH/July 23, 2011