(1) Siyaam a harshen Larabci yana nufin kauracewa abu; a Musulunci kuma yana nufin kauracewa abubuwan da ke karya azumi, tun daga alfijir har zuwa faduwar rana, bayan an fara yin niyyah (niyya) ta yin azumi.

(1) Siyaam in Arabic means abstaining; in Islam it means abstaining from things that break the fast, from dawn until sunset, having first made the intention (niyyah) to fast.

Hukuncin azumi.

Ruling on fasting.

(2) Al'ummah ta yarda cewa azumin watan Ramadan wajibi ne, kuma dalilinsa yana cikin Alkur'ani da Sunnah. Allah ya ce (ma'anar aya):

(2) The ummah is agreed that fasting the month of Ramadaan is obligatory, the evidence for which is in the Qur’aan and Sunnah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):