[Introduction]

Disappearance of the Excuse

Conditions (Shurot) of Fasting

Muftirat

The Various Kinds of Fasts

Obligatory fasts

Qada' of the Ramadan Fasts

Fasts of Atonement (Kaffarah)

Prohibited Fasts

The Doubtful Days

Supererogatory Fasts

Reprehensible (Makruh) Fasts

Evidence of the New Moon

The New Moon and Astronomy

Notes

Fasting According To the Five Schools of Islamic Law

The Various Kinds of Fasts
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The legists of various schools classify fasts into four
categories:*Wajib* ,*mustahabb* (supererogatory),*muharram* (forbidden),
and*makruh* (reprehensible).


