Yussuf.net Quiz 7: fasting (sawm)

Questions

  1. What is fasting in Islam?
  2. What is the purpose of fasting?
  3. When does fasting begin and end each day?
  4. What is Iftar?
  5. What is Suhoor?
  6. Who is exempt from fasting?
  7. What invalidates fasting?
  8. What is Laylatul Qadr?
  9. In which Surah is fasting mentioned?
  10. What is the reward of fasting?

Answers 

  1. Abstaining from food, drink, and sin from dawn to sunset.
  2. To attain Taqwa (piety).
  3. From Fajr to Maghrib.
  4. The meal at sunset to break the fast.
  5. The pre-dawn meal before fasting begins.
  6. Sick, elderly, travelers, menstruating women, etc.
  7. Eating, drinking, intentional vomiting, intimacy.
  8. The Night of Decree, better than 1000 months.
  9. Surah Al-Baqarah.
  10. Reward is with Allah; fasting is for Him.