Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 236
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa sa time of Zuhr Prayer and said: 'Arise and offer Prayer. ' So he (the. Holy Prophet), offered Zuhr Prayer when the shadow of objects corresponded to their size, then he came to him at the time of ‘Asr. Prayer and said: 'Arise and offer Prayer. ' So the holy Prophet" offered 'Asr Prayer when the shadow of things was twice their size, then he came to him at the Maghrib Prayer time which was the same time as that of the previous day, then he came to him at the 'Isha' Prayer time after passing of either half or one-third of the night, then he came to him for Fajr Prayer when the light had spread fully, then he said: 'Arise and offer Prayer. ' So he offered. Fajr Prayer. . After that Gabriel said: "The time to offer the Prayers in between the two times (prescribed). " (Musnad Ahmad, p. 330/3) 236. SAUM (Fasting of Ramadan). Fasting is another form of worship found universally in the world religions. Although there are vast differences regarding the mode of fasting and the conditions applied to it, the central idea of fasting is present everywhere. Fasting in Islām is a highly developed institution. There are two types of injunctions with regards to fasting. One relates to obligatory fasting and the other to optional. Obligatory fasting is further divided into following two categories: 1. There is one full month (Ramadan) in every year in which fasting is prescribed for Muslims all over the world. As the month is a lunar month, so it keeps changing around the year according to the solar months. . Fasting in Islām begins everywhere at the first appearance of dawn, and ends with sunset. During this period one is