A Brief Note on Fasting, Zakaat & Zakaat al Fitr

This treatise deals briefly with fasting, its rules and its benefits.

Fasting: Is a form of worship by abstaining from things which nullify it, from dawn till sunset.

Fasting of the Month of Ramadhan: is one of the five pillars of Islam, as indicated by the saying of the Holy Prophet ‘Islam stands on five (pillars): To witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet; to perform Prayers; to pay Zakah; to fast the month of Ramadhan and to perform pilgrimage to Makkah.’