{"product_id":"the-nature-of-fasting","title":"The Nature of Fasting by Ibn Taymiyyah","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIbn Taymiyyah's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eapproach here is characteristic: rather than enumerate every case, he establishes the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eusul\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Questions It Answers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eintention\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(niyyah) — and whether a fresh one is needed each day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFasting while\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etraveling\u003c\/strong\u003e, and when it is better to fast or to break\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edoubtful day\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the start and end of the month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEating after the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst adhan\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllness\u003c\/strong\u003e, fainting, pregnancy and other conditions that commonly arise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat enters the body, and what actually counts as breaking the fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBeyond the Fiqh\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIbn Taymiyyah does not leave fasting as a legal exercise. He returns repeatedly to what it is for:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaqwa\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho It Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bakkah Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58423299146031,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/4009\/6047\/files\/TheNatureofFasting.png?v=1788450242","url":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.us\/products\/the-nature-of-fasting","provider":"Bakkah Clothing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}