Soam is one of the five pillars of Islam

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Abdullah Bin Al Salt, altogether from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz Bin Abdullah, from Zurara, from,

(Imam) Abu Ja’far asws (5th Imam) has said:
‘The foundation of Al-Islām is upon five things (pillars) – upon the Salāt, and the Zakāt, and the Hajj, and the Soām (Fasts), and the Vilayah’.

Zurara (the narrator) said, ‘So I said, ‘And which from that is superior?’ So, he asws said: ‘The Wilayah is superior because it is their key (soul), and the (the Guardian asws) is (the Proof) upon these (four).

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Allah azwj Consoles those Who Fast during a Hot Day:

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Munzar Bin Yazeed, from Yunus Bin Zibyan who said,

‘Abu Abdullah asws said:
‘The one who Fasts for the Sake of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic for a day during intense heat, so thirst hits him, Allah azwj Allocates a thousand (1000) Angels with him, wiping his face, and giving him glad tidings until when he breaks the Fast, Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic Says to him: “How aromatic is your fragrance and your spirit. My Angels! Bear witness that Iazwj have Forgiven him’.

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Sleeping of a Fasting one is Worship:

Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Al Noman, from Abdullah Bin Talha, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws having said:
‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The Fasting one, is in worship, and even if he was upon his bed, for as long as he does not backbite a Muslim’.

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A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Mansour Bin Al Abbas, from Amro Bin Saeed, from Al Hassan Bin Sadaqa who said,
‘Abu Al Hassan asws said:
‘Have a midday nap, for Allah azwj Feeds the Fasting-one and Quenches him in his sleep

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Merits of the Month of Ramazan:

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Amro Al Shamy, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws having said:
‘The number of months in the Presence of Allah azwj are twelve months in the Book of Allah azwj, from the day He azwj Created the skies and the earth. So the commencement of the months is the Month of Allah azwj , Mighty is His azwj Mention, and it is the Month of Ramazan; and the heart of the Month of Ramazan is the Night of Pre-destination; and the Quran was Revealed in the first night (starting from the first and completed on the 23rd) of the Month of Ramazan. Therefore, welcome the Month with the Quran’.

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Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwam, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Ja’far asws having said:
‘Rasool-Allah sawws used to turn by His saww face towards the people and he saww was saying: ‘O group of people! When the crescent of the Month of Ramazan emerges, the apostate devils are chained up, and the Doors of the sky are opened, and the Doors of the Gardens, and the Doors of the Mercy, and the Doors of the Fire are closed, and the supplication is Answered.

And in it, there is emancipation (liberation) during each Fast. Allah azwj Emancipates (liberates) them from the Fire, and a Caller Calls out during each night: ‘Is there one who would ask? Is there one who seeks Forgiveness? O Allah azwj! Give Replacement to every spender, and Give Ruination to every hoarder’, until the crescent of Shawwal emerges, he Calls out to the Believers: ‘Come to your Recompenses, for it is the day of Recompense!’

Then Abu Ja’far asws said:
‘But, by the One azwj in Whose Hand is my asws soul, it is not a Recompensing with the Dinars, nor with Dirhams’.

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Reward for Serving Food to a Fasting Momin (Iftar):

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Musa Bin Bakr, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Al-Hassan Musa asws having said:
‘Your providing for the breaking of a Fast of your Fasting brother is superior than your own Fast’.

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Do not Call the Fasting Month ‘Ramazan’ but Mah-e- Ramazan’ the Month of Ramazan:

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khash’amy, from Giyas Bin Ibrahim, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws, from his asws father asws having said:
‘Amir Al Momineen asws said: ‘Do not be saying, ‘Ramazan’, but you should be saying, ‘Month of Ramazan’, for you all are not knowing what Ramazan is’.

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A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Sa’d,(It has been narrated) from
Abu Ja’far asws, said:
‘We were eighty men in his asws presence, so we mentioned ‘Ramazan’’. So he asws said: ‘Do not be saying, ‘This is Ramazan’, nor ‘Ramazan is gone’, nor ‘Ramazan has come’, for ‘Ramazan’ is a Name from the Names of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic. ‘It’ neither comes nor does ‘It’ go. But rather it is the transient (thing) which comes and goes. But, you should be saying, ‘Month of Ramazan’, for the ‘Month’ is an adverb to the Name, and the Name is a Name of Allah azwj, Mighty is His azwj Mention, and it is the Month in which the Quran was Revealed, Made to be an example and a Festival’

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Days in an Islamic Month (Month of Ramazan):

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Salih Bin Abu Hammad, from Ibn Sinan, from Huzeyfa Bin Mansour, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘The Month of Ramazan is of thirty days, not being deficient, ever!

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Etiquettes of the Fasting:

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umey,
from Hammad Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
Abu Abdullah asws said:
‘Whenever you Fast, so let your hearing, and your vision, and your hair, and your skin, and a number of this other than these, Fast (as well)’. And he asws said: ‘The day of your Fast should not happen to be like the day of your breaking (not Fasting)’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Ja’far asws having said:
‘Rasool-Allah sawws said to Jabir Bin Abdullah; ‘O Jabir! This is the Month of Ramazan. The one who Fasts during its days, and stands in response (for Prayers) during its nights, and excuses his belly and his private parts, and restrains his tongue, would come out from his sins just as he comes out from the month’.
So Jabir said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! How beautiful is this Hadeeth!’
So Rasool Allah saww s said: ‘O Jabir! And how difficult are these stipulations (conditions)’

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A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Jarrah Al Madainy, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The Fasting is not from the food and the drink alone’. Then said: ‘Maryamas said: [19:26] Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent,
i.e., a Fast of silence’. (And in another copy: ‘i.e., silence).
Therefore, whenever you Fast, preserve your tongues, and lower your gaze,
and neither dispute nor envy’
He asws said: ‘And Rasool-Allah sawws heard a woman insulting a maid of her and she was Fasting. So Rasool-Allah sawws called for the food and said to her: ‘Eat’. So she said, ‘I am Fasting’. So he saww s said: ‘How can you happen to be Fasting and you have insulted your slave girl. The Fast is not from the food and the drink (only)’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘Whenever you Fast, so let your hearing, and your vision Fast from the Prohibition and the ugliness, and leave the disputing and hurting the servant, and let the dignity of the Fast be upon you, and do not make the day of your Fasting to be like a day of your breaking (not Fasting)’.

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What to Recite at Iftar

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Ja’far asws, from his asws forefathers asws that Rasool-Allah sawws, whenever he sawws used to break Fast, said

O Allah azwj! For You azwj, we Fast, and upon Your azwj sustenance we break, therefore Accept it from us. The thirst is gone, and the veins are wet, and the Recompense remains (outstanding)

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Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Is’haq, from Sa’dan, from Abu Baseer,
(It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws having said:
‘One should be saying during every night from the Month of Ramazan,
during the breaking of the Fast up to its end,

‘The Praise is for Allah azwj, Who Aided us, so we Fasted, and Graced us, so we broke. O Allah azwj! Accept from us, and Aid us upon it, and Secure us in it, and Receive is from us in ease from You azwj and good health. The Praise is for Allah azwj, Who Accomplished for us one day from the Month of Ramazan’.

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Use of Fragrance in Fast:

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Giyas Bin Ibrahim, (It has been narrated) from
Imam Ja’far asws, from his asws father asws that Ali asws disliked that the Musk be applied with by the Fasting one’

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A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazl Al Nowfaly, from Al Hassan Bin Rashid who said,
Abu Abdullah asws, whenever he asws Fasted, applied the perfume, and he asws was saying: ‘The perfume is a gift of the Fasting one’.

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Fasting of Children:

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from
Abu Abdullah asws having said:
‘Weasws order ourasws children with the Fasting when a boy is of seven years with whatever they can endure from a Fast of the day. So if it was half the day and more than that, or less, and upon them is thirst and the hunger, they break, so they get used to the Fasting and they can endure it. So instruct your children, when they were sons of nine years, with whatever they can endure from the Fasting. So if the thirst was to overcome them, they break’.

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