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Nature of Fasting

طبيعة الصيام

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah on the reality of fasting — not a list of rulings but the principles that generate them. Once the usul are clear, a reader can settle cases the book never mentions: intention, travel, illness, doubtful days, and what does and does not break a fast.

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PublisherDar-us-Salam
AuthorImam Ibn Taymiyyah
BindingPaperback
Pages80
Size5.5x8" (14x20cm)
Weight (lbs)0.24

Most books on fasting give you a list. This one gives you the reasoning that produced the list — which is more work to read and considerably more useful afterwards.

Ibn Taymiyyah's approach here is characteristic: rather than enumerate every case, he establishes the usul, the governing principles, that determine what invalidates a fast and what does not. A reader who grasps them can settle situations the book never anticipated — which is the only durable solution, since new situations keep arriving.

The Questions It Answers

  • The intention (niyyah) — and whether a fresh one is needed each day
  • Fasting while traveling, and when it is better to fast or to break
  • The doubtful day at the start and end of the month
  • Eating after the first adhan
  • Illness, fainting, pregnancy and other conditions that commonly arise
  • What enters the body, and what actually counts as breaking the fast

In each case the ruling is tied back to the principle behind it, which is why the answers hold together rather than reading as a set of unrelated verdicts.

Beyond the Fiqh

Ibn Taymiyyah does not leave fasting as a legal exercise. He returns repeatedly to what it is for: Taqwa. The believer restrains not only appetite but the tongue, the eyes, the ears and the heart. The highest form of fasting joins outward compliance to inward sincerity, and a fast that satisfies the first while ignoring the second has met the legal requirement and missed the point.

Who It Is For

Students of knowledge, imams and teachers who are asked fasting questions every Ramadan and want to answer from principles rather than memory. Also the serious general reader — the book is demanding but not inaccessible, and it repays the effort by making every subsequent Ramadan clearer.

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Subtitle
طبيعة الصيام
Author
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
Binding
Paperback
Pages
80
Size
5.5x8" (14x20cm)
Weight (lbs)
0.24
Al-Jumuah Magazine Review
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01/21/2009
C. R.
The erudite, 9th century [AH] scholar Ibn Taymiyyah tackles the fiqh of fasting with a detailed analysis of its various jurisprudential rulings. Relying on his own expertise in matters of fiqh, Ibn Taymiyyah explains fasting in light of the Quran and Sunnah and delineates what the believer should do when traveling, when sick, when pregnant, and countless other scenarios Muslims may find themselves in during the duration of their fast. While there may be a multitude of books and pamphlets available on the same subject, very few can match the precision and depth that is so typical of an Ibn Taymiyyah work. - Al-Jumuah Vol 20, Issue 09
Great book
rating
08/18/2011
C. R.
Mash Allah this is a great book presenting viewpoints from different scholars, quoting from the ahadith and the noble Qu ran when needed. Some Fatawas are discussed in depth, but not too much, keeping the book 80 pages, light and quick to read, and again a good ratio of price vs content.

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