According to the commonly cited ruling, on how many days of the year is fasting prohibited?
Correct answer D. 5
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To which category of fasting does the fast of Ramadan belong?
Correct answer A. Fard (obligatory)
“When the month of Ramazan comes, the doors of Heaven are opened and the doors of Hell are closed.” What is the source of this statement?
Correct answer A. Hadith
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Which verse of Surah Al-Baqarah establishes the obligation of fasting?
Correct answer A. 183
In the popular three-Ashra division of Ramazan, what is the third Ashra called?
Correct answer B. Ashra-e-Najat (freedom from Hell)
In the popular three-Ashra division of Ramadan, what is the second Ashra called?
Correct answer A. Ashra-e-Maghfirat
In the popular three-Ashra division of Ramazan, what is the first Ashra called?
Correct answer C. Ashra-e-Rehmat
Which is the most important night in the month of Ramadan?
Correct answer C. Shab-e-Qadr
What does the word Taraweeh mean?
Correct answer A. To Rest
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In which month did the revelation of the Holy Quran begin?
Correct answer A. Ramazan
What is the status of E’tikaf in the month of Ramzan?
Correct answer C. Sunnah
What does E’tikaf mean?
Correct answer A. Seclusion
On which occasions is fasting (Saum) prohibited?
Correct answer C. Both A and B
According to Surah Al-Baqarah (2:183), fasting was prescribed so that believers may attain what?
Correct answer A. Taqwa (God-consciousness)
Fasting is a matter between the fasting person and whom?
Correct answer A. Allah
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From what does fasting require complete abstinence?
Correct answer E. All of these
If a person who deliberately broke a Ramadan fast cannot fast sixty consecutive days as Kaffarah, how many poor people must they feed?
Correct answer A. 60
Which act of worship is called a shield against sins?
Correct answer A. Fasting
In which Hijri year was fasting in Ramadan made obligatory?
Correct answer B. 2 AH
Which quality is fasting chiefly meant to develop in a believer?
Correct answer A. Self-control