al-Siyam fi al-Islam fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna
- Author died
- 1440 AH
- Editions
- Markaz Al-Da'wah wa Al-Irshad bi-Al-Qasab
al-Siyam fi al-Islam fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna (Fasting in Islam in Light of the Book and the Sunna) is a jurisprudential and devotional treatise on the rules, virtues, and etiquettes of fasting by the Saudi scholar Saeed bin Ali bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE).
Composition and Publication
The author finished drafting the work on the afternoon of Sunday, 26 Rabi al-Thani 1428 AH. The book was published as the fourth volume in his five-volume series Arkan al-Islam (The Pillars of Islam) by Markaz al-Da'wah wa-al-Irshad in al-Qasab. Its first edition appeared in Sha'ban 1428 AH (2008 CE), followed by a second edition in Shawwal 1431 AH (2010 CE).
Structure and Contents
The work is organized into thirty thematic chapters (mabahith):
- The concept of fasting linguistically and legally.
- The virtues and unique characteristics of fasting.
- The benefits and advantages of fasting.
- The virtues and characteristics of the month of Ramadan.
- The ruling of fasting Ramadan and the historical stages of its obligation.
- Establishing the beginning and end of Ramadan.
- The types and categories of fasting.
- The conditions (shurut) of fasting.
- The essential pillars (arkan) of fasting.
- Divine facilitation and ease regarding fasting.
- Categories of people permitted to break the fast during the day in Ramadan.
- Nullifiers of fasting (al-mufattirat).
- Conditions under which nullifiers take effect.
- Fasting in regions with abnormally long daylight hours.
- Obligatory etiquettes of fasting.
- Prohibited matters during fasting.
- Recommended etiquettes of fasting.
- Disliked actions during fasting.
- Permissible actions during fasting.
- Making up missed fasts (qada).
- The nightly Tarawih prayer.
- Common mistakes committed by fasting individuals.
- Voluntary fasting (siyam al-tatawwu).
- Prohibited and disliked forms of fasting.
- The Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr).
- Spiritual retreat in the mosque (I'tikaf).
- Virtues and characteristics of the last ten days of Ramadan.
- Virtues, etiquettes, and effects of Quran recitation during and outside Ramadan.
- The charity of breaking the fast (Zakat al-Fitr).
- The etiquettes and rulings of Eid.
Method and Sources
The author relies primarily on evidence from the Quran and prophetic hadiths, citing standard hadith compilations along with gradations from modern hadith scholars such as Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani. In extracting legal definitions and rulings, he draws upon classical and later jurists, quoting works by Ibn Qudamah, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Mulqin, and Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen.
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