Ramadan Buddies

Ramadan Mubarak! We have been blessed with an opportunity to observe another month of fasting; let's make the best of it, inshaAllah.

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(183) O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -

(184) [Fasting for] a limited number of days. So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]. And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person [each day]. And whoever volunteers excess - it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew.

(185) The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

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~ Surah al-Baqarah (Sahih International translation)