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Essential
elements of fasting; who must fast
All scholars agree that fasting is
obligatory upon every sane, adult, healthy Muslim male who is not
traveling at that time. As for a woman, she must not be menstruating
or having post-natal bleeding. People who are insane, minors, and
those who are traveling, menstruating, or going through post-natal
bleeding, and the elderly and breast-feeding or pregnant women do
not need to observe the fast.
For some, the fast is not obligatory at all, for example, the
insane. As for young people, their parents or guardians should order
them to fast. Some are to break the fast and make up for the missed
days of fasting at a later date, while others are to break the fast
and pay a "ransom" (in which case, they are not obliged to
make up for the days they missed). We shall discuss each group in
more detail.
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