A--- Allah, Mwenye Nguvu zote, anasema: {Enyi mlioamini! Mmefaradhishiwa Funga (Swawm)(12)

A--- Allah, the Almighty says: {O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the Fasting)(12)

Imewekwa juu yenu kama ilivyowekwa juu ya wale waliokuwa kabla yenu). (Al-Baqarah, 183)

Is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you). (Al-Baqarah, 183)

Allah anasema: {Basi atakayeushuhudia mwezi miongoni mwenu (yaani yupo nyumbani kwake usiku wa mwanzo wa mwezi wa Ramadhani), basi na afunge mwezi huo}. (Al-Baqara, 185)

Allah says: {So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month}. (Al-Baqarah, 185)

Kulingana na Hadithi moja, Mbedui mmoja alimwambia Mjumbe wa Allah ﷺ: Niambie Funga ambayo Allah ameifanya kuwa ya lazima kwangu. Yeye ﷺ akasema: "Mwezi wa Ramadhani." Muulizaji akasema:

According to a Hadith, a Bedouin said to Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him): Tell me the Fast that Allah makes obligatory for me. He (Peace be upon him) said: "The month of Ramadan. The inquirer said:

Je, nina wajibu wa kufunga kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa hiki? Yeye (Mtume ﷺ) alisema: "Hapana, isipokuwa kile unachofunga kwa hiari yako mwenyewe." (Sahih Bukhari)

Am I obliged to fast anything else besides this? He (the Prophet (Peace be upon him)) said: No, except that which you observe out of your own free will". (Sahih Bukhari)