In this article, E-Dawah Committee provides Muslims with all details about the month of Ramadan: its beginning, preparing for it, virtues, and benefits along with lots of points.

1- An overview about fasting and the month of Ramadan. 2- In the Night of Decree all that will happen till the coming year is decided by God Almighty, therefore making it a night of sincere asking and praying to God. Other acts of worship in Ramadan include seclusion in a mosque, helping the poor and visiting Mecca.

The Command to Fast: This booklet aims to explain a little about this paradoxical month; a month that appears confusing to the onlooker, but so very dear to the Muslim.

Fasting in Islam: This booklet aims to explain a little about this paradoxical month; a month that appears confusing to the onlooker, but so very dear to the Muslim.

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, can be 29 or 30 days long. An Islamic month begins with the sighting of the new crescent in the western horizon, immediately after sunset. Muslims look toward the western horizon for the new moon on the 29th day of Sha\’ban, the eighth month. If the new moon is sighted, Ramadan has begun with the sunset but fasting begins with the next dawn. If the new moon is not sighted on this 29th day, Muslims complete 30 days of Sha\’ban (the previous month) and Ramadan begins the following day.

A reference that simplified all matters pertaining to the fast and Ramadan in this short and concise treatise.

In this book, Sh. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips handles the issue of fasting. He shows that fasting was prescribed in all religions and that fasting is one of the best righteous deeds. Afterwards, he mentions the levels of fasting as follows: Ritual, physical, medical, emotional, psychological and spiritual one.

Every year Muslims from all over the world and from all ethnic and economic backgrounds begin fasting from dawn to sunset every day during a most blessed month in the Islamic tradition, known as Ramadan. But what makes Ramadan a blessed month?Why do Muslims fast during this month? What are the spiritual benefits of fasting? All these questions and more are addressed in this article that introduces you to a month long spiritual journey that over 1.4 billion Muslims engage in worldwide.