MUSTAHEBAAT & MUBTILAAT OF FAST

“Yet better it is for him, who volunteers well, and that you should fast is better for you if you but know; the month of Ramadan, wherein the Koran was sent down to be guidance to the people, and as clear signs of the Guidance and the Salvation." Holy Qur’an: Baqrah- 185

* What makes a Roza baatil?

1- Eating
2- Drinking
3- Intercourse
4- Masturbation
5- Quoting false statements and relating them to Allah, the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) or the Imams (A.S.)
6- Smoking or breathing in any kind of thick smoke or dust
7- Deliberately dipping the head and neck in the water
8- Huqna (A way of feeding medication in the body)
9-Vomitting intentionally

*Mustahebaat of fasting!

1- Recitation of the holy Qur’an
2- Thinking about the hunger and thirst of the day of judgments while enduring it during the roza
3- Considering the hardships of the needy while fasting
4- Honoring the children and the elderly people.

Imam Sadiq (A.S.) stated: Fasting does not mean merely abstaining from eating and drinking, you must also avoid:

* Telling lies
* Watching what is Haraam
* Fighting
* Jealousy
* Backbiting
* Futile arguments
* Swearing, even if it is true
* Cursing
* Being unfair
* Stupid conversations
* Despair.