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Ṣawm (Fasting of Ramaḍān)

The dawn-to-sunset fast of Ramaḍān, the fourth Pillar, a discipline of abstinence and devotion.

The dawn-to-sunset fast of Ramaḍān, the fourth Pillar, a discipline of abstinence and devotion.

How it traveled

  1. Musnad
    Medina · 855
    explains
  2. Muqnica
    Baghdad · 1022
    explains
  3. Jumal Cilm
    Karbala · 1044
    applies
  4. Maratib Ijmac
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  5. Muhalla Bi Athar
    Cordoba · 1064
    applies
  6. Nihayat Matlab
    Nishapur · 1085
    explains
  7. Kafi Fi Fiqh
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  8. Cumdat Hazim
    Damascus · 1223
    applies
  9. Muntaha Matlab
    Maragha · 1325
    applies

Key passages(1)

Menorat HaMaor, ii; On Prayer, Yom Kippur:10↗applies

Menorat HaMaor · Yisrael ben Yosef Alnaqua · 1391 CE

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טעם הענויים. אמ' קרא בחדש השביעי בעשור לחדש תענו את נפשותיכם, וענוי מתפרש לעניינים הרבה. יש ענוי בעבודה קשה, ויש ענוי בהליכת דרכים, שנא' (תהלים קב, כד) ענה בדרך כחי, ויש ענוי בבית האסורים, שנא' (תהלים

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Ṣawm (Fasting of Ramaḍān). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.