Ramadhan Workshop 2019 – Lesson 01 (06/04/2019)
An explanation of the book Sharh Al Umdah – Shaykh ul Islam ibn Taymiyyah
Today we covered:
• The meaning of the word “Siyaam”
o To withhold, to stop yourself, to restrict to holdback
• Fasting is a Suqoon
• Prayer is the movement type of worship
• The reason as to why salah and fasting is mentioned together in the Qu’raan
• The tafseer of the ayah from Surah Maryam regarding fasting
• The linguistic meaning of sawm and siyaam
• The Islamic meaning of sawm and siyaam
• The Prophet called the month of Ramadhan, the month of patience
• Is it allowed to say just Ramadhan, or should we say ‘The month of Ramadhan’
• The meaning of the Arabic word ‘Sabr’
• Fasting is of 5 types
o The fasting that has been obligated by the shiriah (The month of Ramadhan) This is number 1 and 2
o Voluntary fasting
o The fasting of expiation of sins
o The fasting of the promised
• The conditions of the one fasting
• Fasting is a prescribed obligation
• Evidences from the Qu’raan and the sunnah regarding the obligation of fasting in the month of Ramadhan
• Surah Baqarah, ayah 183 clearly obligates that fasting is obligated upon everyone that is able to fast
• The hadith of Abdullah bin Umar – The 5 pillars of Islam
• The hadith of Jibreel
• An explanation into the Islamic months and their names
• When the month of Ramadhan was prescribed (the year)
• Why is it actually called Ramadhan
• Q&A session
Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 06/04/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net