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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصيام
The Book of Fasting
" ذَاكَ يَوْمٌ كَانَ يَصُومُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَمَنْ شَاءَ صَامَهُ وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهُ "
It is a day when the people in the pre-Islamic days need to observe fast, so he who wishes to observe fast should do so, and he who wishes to abandon it should do so.
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- Hadith 1150
If any one of you is invited to a meal when he is fasting, he should say:" I am fasting."
- Hadith 1146e
If one amongst us had to break fasts (of Ramadan due to natural reasons, i. e. menses) during the life of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) she could not find it…
- Hadith 1153a
Every servant of Allah who observes fast for a day in the way of Allah, Allah would remove, because of this day, his face farther from the Fire (of Hell) to…
- Hadith 1106c
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to kiss me while observing fast; and who among you can control his desire as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) could control his desire.
- Hadith 1162e
It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.
- Hadith 1169
Look for (and in the words of Waki, seek) Lailat-ul-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan.