How to spend ramadan in 2025
INTRODUCTION
Glory to Allah. We give thanks to the Most High and ask for His forgiveness and assistance. We turn to Allah for protection from the sins we commit and the evils that are inside us. If Allah leads someone, they are genuinely directed; if Allah lets someone wander, no one can lead them. We attest that Muhammad is Allah's last prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that there is no other god. From the time of his call until the Day of Judgment, we pray that Allah would bless our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions, and all of his followers.
What is fasting?
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The word "sawm/siyam" literally means to refrain from doing anything. In technical terms, fasting refers to abstaining from food, liquids, sexual activity, and anything else that would disrupt the fast between sunrise and sunset with the intention of doing so in obedience to Allah.
Discipline
This month, we learn how to control ourselves for Allah's sake. We eat and drink according to a rigid routine in the morning and evening. We are always conscious that we must follow heavenly instructions even when engaging in such banal tasks as eating and drinking. As we come to understand that we are always Allah's servants and not slaves to our habits, we alter our everyday routine. Following Ramadan, we must continue to submit to Allah's instructions and maintain this disciplined attitude in other areas of our lives.
Renewal of Devotional Life
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Our desire to worship and be devoted to Allah is rekindled throughout Ramadan. We offer extra prayers at night and are more mindful of our everyday prayers this month. Prayer is essential to all religions, and Muslims study how to improve and strengthen their religious practice this month.
Renewal of Our Identity with the Ummah
In addition to being a personal experience, Ramadan is also a communal one. In a single month, the whole Muslim community observes a collective fast. In our submission to Allah, we are similar to each other. We feel more connected and associated as a result. According to what Ramadan teaches, the Muslim Ummah is a community of piety and devotion to Allah, and its members get their strength from one another's acts of virtue and piety. The strongest ties are those that are founded on morality and piety, and it is these bonds that benefit humanity. The Muslim community is strong because of its dedication to morals, piety, and goodness.
Jihad or Struggle
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Jihad and Ramadan fasting were both mandated in the same year, which was Madinah's second year of Hijrah. One gets ready for sacrifice and adversity by fasting. Jihad is impossible without these two crucial elements. During Ramadan, Muslims learn how to fight the forces of evil inside themselves, in their communities, and in the wider world.
Taqwa.
We can sum up all of the moral and spiritual blessings of Ramadan by saying that it bestows upon us the wonderful gift of taqwa, or piety. The total outcome of an Islamic life is taqwa. In Islam, it is the highest virtue. It denotes surrender to Allah, complete devotion to all that is good, and rejection of all that is wrong and bad. It also denotes God-consciousness, piety, dread, and reverence of Allah.
Who should fast?
Every Muslim, male or female, who meets the following requirements must fast during the month of Ramadan: a) Be mentally and physically fit, which translates to being sane and capable.
b) To reach full age, which is often around fourteen and the age of puberty and discretion. Fasting should be advocated for kids younger than this.
c) To reside rather than travel (for a trip of at least fifty miles).
d) For women, to be free of postpartum hemorrhage (nifas) and menstruation (hayd).
Those who are not required to fast
e) The insane
f) Children who have not reached puberty g) The elderly and those with long-term illnesses for whom fasting is intolerable. For each day that a person in this category does not fast during Ramadan, he must provide food for one impoverished person.
h) Nursing moms and expectant mothers who worry that their health or the health of their fetuses or infants may be in jeopardy due to fasting. Malik claims that she receives the same treatment as people in category C above. As stated by Abu Hanifah,
Later, she ought to make up for the days she didn't fast.
