The Qur'an has been revealed so that we may know the way that leads to God's good pleasure, follow that way ourselves and direct the world along it | Diulang-ulang agar jangan timbul dugaan adanya nasakh dengan diumumkannya 'menyaksikan bulan' Allah menghendaki kemudahan bagimu dan tidak menghendaki kesempitan sehingga oleh karenanya kamu diperbolehkan-Nya berbuka di waktu sakit dan ketika dalam perjalanan |
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Somali - Abduh : waa bisha Soon ee la soo dajiyey dhexdiisa Quraanka isagoo hanuun Dadka u ah iyo caddayn hanuun iyo kala bixin xaqa iyo baadhilka ee ruuxii jooga nagi ha Soomo ruuxiise buka ama Safar ah waxaa saaran maalmo kale wuxuu idinla dooni Eebe fudayd ee idin lama doonayo culaysm waana inaad dhamaystirtaan tirada wayneysaanna Eebe wuxuu idinku hanuuniyey waxaadna u dhawdihin mudantihiin inaad mahadisaan Eebe• On both occasions the Companions abstained from fasting, and, according to Ibn 'Umar, on the occasion of the conquest of Makka the Prophet proclaimed that people should not fast since it was a day of fighting | 2, 99; Tirmidhi, : 'Sawm', 19 - Ed |
relevant Traditions Abu Da'ud, 'Sawm', 46, 47; Nasai , 'Siyam', 54, 55; Malik, Muaatta', 'Siyam', 21, 27 - Ed.
During wars the Prophet used to prevent people from fasting so that they would not lack energy for the fight | In addition the practice of the Companions was not uniform |
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Ibn taymiyah favours the permissibility of abstention from fasting and supports his view with vcry forceful arguments | For those who fail to fast during that month owing to some legitimate reason God has kept the door of compensation open during other months of the year so that they need not be deprived of the opportunity to express their gratitude to Him for His great bounty, in revealing the Qur'an |
21, 35, 46; Tirmidhi, 'Sawm', 18, Nasa'i.
Jurists agree that one does not have to fast on the day of commencing a journey; one may eat either at the point of departure or after the actual journey has commenced | The first was the Battle of Badr and the second the conquest of Makka |
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Fasting is an excellent means by which to prepare ourselves for shouldering this task | The Prophet himself did not always fast when travelling |
Hence fasting during the month of the revelation of the Qur'an is more than an act of worship and more than an excellent course of moral training; it is also an appropriate form for the expression of our thankfulness to God for the bounty of the Qur'an.