CONTENTS:

Fasting Ramadan il.0

Who Must Fast Ramadan i-1.1

Those Not Obliged to Fast Ramadan i-1.2

Which of the Unobliged Must Make It Up Later i-1.3

When Ramadan Is Learned Of After Dawn i-1.4

At What Age a Child Fasts i-1.5

Excessive Hunger and Thirst Permits Not Fasting i-1.6

Conditions Under Which Travel Permits Not Fasting i-1.7

Women Who Are Pregnant or Nursing an Infant i-1.8

Sighting the New Moon i-1.9

Astronomical Calculations of the Arrival of Ramadan il.11

The conditions of a Valid Fast i-1.13

The Intention i-1.14

For obligatory fasts i-1.14

For nonobligatory fasts i-1.17

Things Which Invalidate the Fast i-1.18

Criterion for things invalidating the fast i-1.19

Expiating a Fast Vitiated by Lovemaking i-1.20

Things That Do Not Break the Fast i-1.21

Uncertainty As to Whether One Ate During Night or Day i-1.22

Involuntary Acts That Break the Fast i-1.23

Recommended Measures While Fasting i-1.24

A predawn meal i-1.24

To hasten breaking the fast after sunset i-1.25

Other recommended measures i-1.26

Things recommended to avoid i-1.27

Things Unlawful or Offensive While Fasting i-1.28

Maintaining Continual Silence Is Offensive i-1.32

Making Up Missed Fast-Days i-1.33

Penalty for delaying a makeup until next Ramadan i-1.33

If one dies with unperformed fast-days i-1.33

Voluntary Fasting i-2.0

Days on Which Fasting Is Recommended i-2.1

Fasts That Are Offensive or Unlawful i-2.2

Singling out Fridays etc. to fast i-2.5

Interrupting a Fast or Prayer One Has Begun i-2.6

Unlawful for an obligatory fast or prayer i-2.6

Spiritual Retreat (I'tikaf) i-3.0

A Sunna i-3.1

Laylat al-Qadr i-3.2

Date i-3.2

How to Perform Spiritual Retreat i-3.3

Vowing Retreat in Particular Mosques i-3.4

Vowing a Consecutive Period of Retreat i-3.6

Wife's Retreat Requires Husband's Permission i-3.9