Vocab Flashcards
Sawm or siyam
Fasting
Is fasting one of the five pillars?
Yeah
Who is it obligatory to?
Men and women who are sane and mature
What month of the Islam calendar is it?
9th month
What pillar of Islam is siyam?
The fourth pillar
Taqwa
Piety
What gate of heaven do fasting people go through?
Ar rayyan
What is the Hijri calendar?
The Islamic Calender
Who was the first companion who introduced the Hijri calendar?
Omar Ibn khattab
When does an Islamic month star?
When the moon is in a crescent shape
What is the main event in Muharram?
Ashuraa
Rabee ul awwal?
The birth and death of prophet Muhammad
Rajab
Israa and mi raaj
Shawwal
Eid ul fitr
Dhul hijjah?
Hajj and eid ul adha
When do we start fasting?
When you sight the crescent moon
How much people are needed to confirm the sighting of the moon?
One pious dude
FASTING CATEGORY - Fard
The fasting done during the whole month of Ramadan once a year
FASTING CATEGORY - wajib
The fasting to fulfill a nathr (vow)
Make up for a previous day you missed
Fasting as a kaffarah (expiation)
FASTING CATEGORY - sunnah
Fasting in days like 10th of Muharram, day of Arafat, or the 9th of dhul hijjah
FASTING CATEGORY - mustahabb
Fasting outside of obligatory days. Like fasting on Mondays and Thursday’s
FASTING CATEGORY - Haram
fasting on days like eid, the days of tashreeq during hajj, etc
Voluntary fasts intentions should be made when?
Early morning to noon
Imsaak
Abstaining from eating and drinking
Thawab
Rewards
What’s the equivalent of fasting 6 days of Shawwal?
As if you fasted your whole life
what’s the reward for fasting on the day of Arafat?
It expiates your sins of the previous year and the year coming forward
Mubilaat us siyam
The nullifiers of fasting
Qadaa
The make up
What’s the penalty of a kaffarah
Releasing a slave
Fasting 60 days straight
Feeding 60 needy people
Makrooh
Discouraged
Fidyah
Compensation
