Ramadan fasting intentions and 10 activities that invalidate fasting

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The worship of fasting is performed for a full month with reverence and full of piety to Allah SWT.

Brilio.net - Fasting is an obligatory worship carried out by all Muslims in the world. The month of fasting only occurs once a year, so the momentum of fasting is a moment that Muslims have been waiting for. This activity of holding back hunger, thirst and lust is carried out throughout the month of Ramadan.

Apart from enduring hunger and thirst, fasting is a means of achieving piety for every Muslim. Fasting can also be interpreted as being grateful for the blessings given to His servants. Fasting is also useful for training oneself to curb the desires of the soul and is a means of softening the heart and controlling lust. By fasting, you can also train your heart to focus on dhikr and think about the majesty and greatness of Allah.

Rasulullah SAW said, "Whoever fasts Ramadan because of faith and hopes for a reward, his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever prays on the night of Lailatul Qadr because of faith and hopes for a reward, his past sins will be forgiven," [HR Al-Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu'anhu].

When fasting, many people often experience bad breath because their stomach is empty. However, this is normal. Even Rasulullah SAW said in a hadith that the smell of a fasting person's mouth is more than the smell of musk.

Rasulullah SAW said, "Every deed of a child of Adam will be multiplied, one good deed will be rewarded ten to seven hundred times. Allah Ta'ala said, 'Except for fasting, indeed fasting is for Me and I will reward it, because the person who fasts has abandon his desires and his food because of Me'. And for the person who fasts will get two happiness, namely happiness when he breaks the fast and happiness when he meets his Rabb. And indeed, the smell of the mouth of the person who fasts is more fragrant than the aroma of musk," [HR Muslim from Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu'anhu].

Fasting is different from other obligatory worship. If worship such as prayer can be carried out in a few minutes, fasting is not the case. Fasting is carried out from before the sun rises from the east, marked by the morning call to prayer until sunset or marked by the start of the Maghrib prayer. Fasting is carried out for a whole month with solemnity and full devotion to Allah SWT.

Each country has different times for fasting depending on the sunrise and sunset times. However, in Indonesia, fasting is carried out on average for 12 hours.

Like other obligatory worship, fasting has a prayer reading to start the worship. The intentions for fasting during the month of Ramadan are as follows:

"Nawaitu shauma ghadin 'an ada'i fardhi syahri Ramadhana hadzihis sanati lillahi ta'ala."

Meaning: "I intend to fast tomorrow to fulfill the obligation to fast in the month of Ramadan this year, because of Allah Ta'ala."

When fasting, you may forget what you can or cannot do. However, sometimes you might accidentally do it because you don't know what invalidates fasting.

Reported by brilio.net from various sources, Thursday (29/2), the following activities cancel the fast.

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Fasting is an activity to restrain hunger and thirst. That way, eating and drinking can certainly break the fast. This activity can break the fast if done intentionally. However, if you do it when you really forget or accidentally, then the fast is not broken. With the condition that you immediately stop eating and drinking when you remember.

When fasting, it is forbidden for anyone who is doing it to have sexual intercourse with their partner. Having sexual intercourse or having sexual relations between husband and wife that causes semen to be released intentionally can break the fast. If this happens, you have to compensate by fasting outside the month of Ramadan.

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Vomiting food or drink on purpose can break the fast. Except when you vomit accidentally, your fast will not be broken.

Women who are menstruating (menstruating) or postpartum (giving birth) are not allowed to fast. Fasting during menstruation or postpartum is invalid and needs to be replaced at another time.

Injecting nutritional fluids into the body can break the fast. Likewise, if you deliberately enter fluids into holes such as the nose and anus, the fast will be invalid and invalid. However, injecting fluids is permitted if it is used for treatment and not to replace food or drink.

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Intentionally releasing blood, such as donating blood, can break the fast. However, if blood comes out accidentally, for example due to a wound, then the fast is still valid and not invalidated.

If someone deliberately breaks their intention to fast by saying words, then that will be considered something that can break the fast.

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Swallowing something that can be chewed on purpose, for example a plant or an item that is not normally eaten, can break the fast.

Brushing your teeth intentionally using a miswak or a toothbrush that is shaped like a stick is strong and creates a wet feeling, which can break your fast.

The majority of scholars, including a large number of jurists from various schools of thought, state that smoking cigarettes is considered haram and can break the fast. They refer to the principle that putting anything into the body, other than food or drink, can break the fast. Therefore, smoking cigarettes while fasting is not permitted because it has the potential to break the fast.

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.