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− man lam yajma'issaumi qablal fajari fala siyama lahu ± ± − ± − − If a person does not make an intention to keep fast before morning and keeps fast then his fast is not a fast. (Tirmidhi Kitabul Saum Babul Asyam, p 91/1) − − ± − ± − T here is no specific supplication mentioned in the for Ahadith ± − − making an intention to keep fast. However, usually a person intending to keep fast supplicates: ÆBz¿i jÈq Å¿ OÍÌà f« ÂÌvI Ë ä ä ä ä ê æ ä æ ê å æ ä ì î ä ê æ ä ê ä wa bi saumi ghadinnawaitu min shahri ramadan ± ± − I intend to fast this day in the month of Ramadan ± − At the termination of the fast one recites: Pjñ¯A ¹³ki ¼§ Ë OÀu ¹» Áȼ»A å æ ä æä ä ê æ ê Ð ä ä å æ å ä ä ì å Õ ä allahumma laka sumtu wa ‘ala rizkika aftertu − ± − ± Allah for Thy sake I observed the fast and I end it with that − which Thou has provided (Abu Da’ud, Kitabussiyyam Babal Qaul ’indal aftar) − − − − ± ± − − − A person who is observing the fast is required, throughout the month, to abstain from food and drink and from sexual intercourse between the first light of dawn and sunset. The fast is obligatory upon 147