Fasting in Ramadan
صيام رمضان
Fasting through the month of Ramadan; the Qur'an prescribes it and says that whoever witnesses the month should fast it, with a number of other days for the sick and the traveller.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
FastingWorship and the pillars
Summary
"Fasting Ramadan" is an obligatory worship, one of Islam's five pillars 1. Gabriel's hadith mentions it in defining Islam: "and you fast Ramadan" 2.
In the Qur'an
The Qur'an imposes the fast: al-Baqara 183. Then it names the month and mentions the licence for the sick and the traveller: al-Baqara 185.
In the hadith
The Prophet told the Najdi man "and fasting Ramadan"; the man asked whether anything else was upon him, and he said: "No — unless you volunteer" 3.
What is not covered here
The fast's rulings, what invalidates it, the fidya and voluntary fasting will be added in a later batch from the fiqh books, with each position's school identified.
Connections
People and things also explored
Islam (the religion and the term)The shahadaHajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca)Salah (the prescribed prayer)Zakat (obligatory alms)The five pillars of IslamArba'un 3 — Islam is built on fiveThe prescription of the Ramadan fast
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari, 8
- Sahih al-Bukhari, 50
- Sahih al-Bukhari, 46
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Fasting in Ramadan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/sawm-ramadan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.