The Explanation of the Book of Fasting – Shaykh Sâlih Al-Fawzân

The explanation of the Book of Fasting is taken from the work ‘The Concise Book of Jurisprudence’, written by the noble and very learned Sheikh Sâlih bin Fawzân bin ‘Abdillâh Al-Fawzân – may Allah preserve him.
Fasting the month of Ramadan is a pillar among the five pillars of Islam and an obligation among the obligations that Allah has made obligatory, and this is known to be part of the religion by necessity. This is indicated by the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and consensus.

The hadiths that indicate its obligation and its precedence are numerous and well-known. All Muslims unanimously agree on the obligation to fast it, and that whoever denies this has fallen into disbelief.
The wisdom behind the legislation of fasting is that fasting purifies the soul and cleans it from corrupt mixtures and vile behaviors, for fasting narrows the pathways through which Satan passes in the human body, since Satan flows through the children of Adam as blood flows.
So when a person eats and drinks, his soul expands toward desires, his determination weakens, and his desire for acts of worship decreases, whereas fasting has the opposite effect.

Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Number of pages: 40 pages
Author: Sheikh Sâlih Al-Fawzân