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Allaahumma laka sumtu wa bika aamantu wa 'ala rizq-ika aftarthu
O Allah! I fasted for You and I believe in You And I break my fast with Your sustenance
MUSTAHABS IN FASTING
1.
To partake of SEHRI (the meal before Subha Satliq).
2.
To delay the Sehri up to a little before Subha Sadiq.
3.
To break the fast immediately after sunset.
4.
To break one's fast with dry or fresh dates if available. If dates are not available, then
with water.
5.
To make Niyyat at night.
THINGS MAKROOH WHILE FASTING
1.
To chew gum, rubber, plastic items or other such things.
2.
To taste any article of food or drink and spit it out. If a woman has a very ill-tempered
husband, it is permissible for her to taste the food, provided it does not go down the
throat.
3.
To collect one's saliva in the mouth and then swallow it, trying to quench thirst.
4.
To delay a bath that has become FARZ knowingly until after Subha Sadiq.
5.
To use paste or tooth powder to clean one's teeth. It is permitted to clean with a Miswaak
of any fresh branch or root (tooth stick).
6.
To complain of hunger and thirst.
7.
To take the water too much up the nostrils when cleaning the nose.
8.
To gargle more than necessary.
9.
To quarrels argue, use filthy or indecent words.
10.To backbite, tell a lie and swear etc. are sinful acts even when one is not fasting
THINGS THAT BREAK ONE'S FAST
1. Things that break one's fast are of two kinds. Some make only Qazaa necessary,
whilst others make both QAZA and KAFFAARAH compulsory.
a.
QAZA:
To keep one fast in place of the one that breaks, or is broken intentionally.
b.
KAFFARAH:
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