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What is the meaning of sawm linguistically and in Shari'ah? What are the beginning and ending times? |
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Kitabus Saum [Book of Fasting] -
Definition
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Question 469) - What is the meaning of sawm linguistically and in Shari'ah? What are the beginning and ending times?
A: Sawm means abstention linguistically. ln Shari'ah it means to abstain from food, drink and sex from true dawn until sunset with the intention of fasting.
~ al-Quduri ~
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