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Sawm A pillar of Islam. Fasting A Pillar Of Islam. Learning Objectives:. 1. What is the Arabic word for fasting? What does it mean?. Sawm is the Arabic word of fasting. It means abstaining from eating, drinking and conjugal relations. 2. What is fasting?.
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Sawm A pillar of Islam Fasting A Pillar Of Islam
1. What is the Arabic word for fasting? What does it mean? • Sawm is the Arabic word of fasting. It means abstaining from eating, drinking and conjugal relations.
2. What is fasting? • Fasting is a form of Ibadah. It is entirely private act of worship.
3. On whom is the fasting obligatory? • It is obligatory on every male and female rich, poor, ruled, ruler.
4. What sort of people may not fast? • Fasting is not incumbent upon 1-the sick, • the very old and very young, and women who are pregnant or have infant children to feed. • But the sick and the travelers should make up the days they have missed, when they are able to do so