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Ayatollah Khamenei’s Fatwa about Qadha Salaats

Can Qadha Salaats for the parents be performed by the daughter instead of the eldest son? The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer

On the Secrets of Fasting

Fasting is limiting our intake of food in response to God's call and for the building of His kingdom. Almost all the great men and women of God throughout history have known a secret, the secret of fasting. They have understood the power and the privilege of fasting. We cannot fast unless we have God's permission. But when God permits us to fast, we have the opportunity to be in the forefront of His work. We are honored to be chosen to have such an important part in the Spirit's movement. Fasting is a power, privilege, opportunity, and honor. But only those who know the secret recognize this.

Dua Iftar

Iftar, refers to the evening meal for breaking the daily fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan

Niyyat for Fasting

1559. * It is not necessary for a person to pass the niyyat for fasting through his mind or to say that he would be fasting on the following day. In fact, it is sufficient for him to decide that in obedience to the command of Allah he will not perform from the time of Adhan for Fajr prayers up to Maghrib, any act which may invalidate the fast. And in order to ensure that he has been fasting throughout this time he should begin abstaining earlier than the Adhan for Fajr prayers, and continue to refrain for some time after sunset from acts which invalidate a fast.

WHAT IS RAMADAN AND WHY RAMADAN?

“O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you. so that you may learn self restraint.” Quran 2:183

Types of Fasting

There are four types of fasting:

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