Ramaḍān Workshop 2016 – Ustādh Rayaan Barker

Ramaḍān Workshop 2016, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The virtue of seeking knowledge as a path to Paradise, and parents' duty to teach their children

• The definition of fasting (ṣawm), linguistically and in the Sharīʿah (Ibn ʿUthaymīn, raḥimahullāh)

• The two pillars of fasting: the intention, and refraining from what breaks the fast from Fajr to sunset

• The virtues of Ramaḍān: the revelation of the Qurʾān, Laylat al-Qadr, and fasting's reward multiplied beyond seven hundred times

• The ruling: obligatory on adults and recommended for children, with the wisdom of taqwā

• Conditions for fasting, such as being a Muslim, with the ruling on women and on children

Ramaḍān Workshop 2016, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Ṣalāt at-Tarāwīḥ: the origin of its name and that it is a recommended Sunnah

• Its history: the Prophet ﷺ prayed it in congregation, the people then prayed individually, and ʿUmar gathered them again behind one imām

• Its virtues, including staying with the imām until he finishes, and praying at home if one cannot attend

• Witr and qunūt: its place in the last rakʿah, the opinions on when it is said, and raising the hands to chest level

• Laylat al-Qadr: its virtues, the wisdom of its being hidden in the last ten nights, and its signs, with the advice of Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh) on not seeing the signs

• Iʿtikāf: that it is a recommended Sunnah, for men and women where the facilities allow