LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Categories of Fasting and Rules of IntentionQuiz

The text contrasts two categories (ḍarbān), a fixed time (zamān bi-ʿaynihi), an obligation owed in liability (yathbutu fī al-dhimmah), a specified vow, an unspecified vow, make-up fasting, and expiation.

The literal term zawal appears in the base text; the technical later Hanafi preference for the legal-day midpoint should be kept distinct from it.

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Kitab al-Sawm: Categories of Fasting and Rules of Intention

The text contrasts two categories (ḍarbān), a fixed time (zamān bi-ʿaynihi), an obligation owed in liability (yathbutu fī al-dhimmah), a specified vow, an unspecified vow, make-up fasting, and expiation.

The literal term zawal appears in the base text; the technical later Hanafi preference for the legal-day midpoint should be kept distinct from it.