Abdul Muqit Chowdhury :
Allah Rabbul Aalameen reveals in the Holy Quran : “So every one of you/ Who is present (at his home) /During that month/Should spend it in fasting, … ” [(2: 185) (The Meanings of the Holy Qur’an by Maulana Abdullah Yusuf Ali]
The facilities and concessions given by Allah has been revealed in the same verse : ” …. “But if anyone is ill/Or on a journey,/The prescribed period/ (Should be made up) /By days later.” /(2: 185) (Do)
Verse 2:184 says : “(Fasting) for a fixed/ Number of days; /But if any of you is ill,/Or on a journey,/The prescribed number/ (should be made up)/ from days later”. (Do)
Allah reveals about His intention in the following way : “Allah intends every facility/ For you, He does not want/ To put you to difficulties.” (2:185)(Do)
Maulana Abdullah Yusuf Ali in ‘The Meanings of the Holy Qur’an’ says : “For journeys, a minimum standard of three marches is prescribed by some commentators; others make it more precise by naming a distance of 16 farsakhs, equivalent to 48 miles. A journey of 8 or 9 miles on foot is more tiring than a similar one by bullock cart. There are various degrees of fatigue in riding a given distance on horseback or by camel or in a comfortable train or by motor car or by steamer, aeroplane, or airship. In my opinion the standard must depend on the means of locomotion and on the relative resources of the traveller. It is better to determine it in each case according to circumstances”.
He comments : “The regulations are again and again coupled with an insistence on two things : (a) the facilities and concessions given, and (b) the spiritual significance of the fast, without which it is like an empty shell without a kernel. If we realise this, we shall look upon Ramadan, not as a burden, but as a blessing, and shall be duly grateful for the lead given to us in this matter.”
The minors, for pre-puberty years; the insane, for the period of insanity; unconscious, for the period of unconsciousness; and non Muslims, before conversion to Islam have been exempted from fasting and also released from expiation for defaults.
Allah Rabbul Aalameen reveals in the Holy Quran : “So every one of you/ Who is present (at his home) /During that month/Should spend it in fasting, … ” [(2: 185) (The Meanings of the Holy Qur’an by Maulana Abdullah Yusuf Ali]
The facilities and concessions given by Allah has been revealed in the same verse : ” …. “But if anyone is ill/Or on a journey,/The prescribed period/ (Should be made up) /By days later.” /(2: 185) (Do)
Verse 2:184 says : “(Fasting) for a fixed/ Number of days; /But if any of you is ill,/Or on a journey,/The prescribed number/ (should be made up)/ from days later”. (Do)
Allah reveals about His intention in the following way : “Allah intends every facility/ For you, He does not want/ To put you to difficulties.” (2:185)(Do)
Maulana Abdullah Yusuf Ali in ‘The Meanings of the Holy Qur’an’ says : “For journeys, a minimum standard of three marches is prescribed by some commentators; others make it more precise by naming a distance of 16 farsakhs, equivalent to 48 miles. A journey of 8 or 9 miles on foot is more tiring than a similar one by bullock cart. There are various degrees of fatigue in riding a given distance on horseback or by camel or in a comfortable train or by motor car or by steamer, aeroplane, or airship. In my opinion the standard must depend on the means of locomotion and on the relative resources of the traveller. It is better to determine it in each case according to circumstances”.
He comments : “The regulations are again and again coupled with an insistence on two things : (a) the facilities and concessions given, and (b) the spiritual significance of the fast, without which it is like an empty shell without a kernel. If we realise this, we shall look upon Ramadan, not as a burden, but as a blessing, and shall be duly grateful for the lead given to us in this matter.”
The minors, for pre-puberty years; the insane, for the period of insanity; unconscious, for the period of unconsciousness; and non Muslims, before conversion to Islam have been exempted from fasting and also released from expiation for defaults.
