Bismillah irRahman irRahim In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful With the approach of Ramadan, I am getting few requests from my non muslims friends about the dos and don’t of fasting (Roza). I am writing this piece to address the same inshaAllah. First of all, fasting in Ramdan is really easy and straight forward. There aren’t a lot of rules involved unlike the popular belief. I will try to summarise the same below inshaAllah. What is fasting or Roza? Roza is basically an Urdu word popularly used in the Indian Subcontinent for the arabic word Saum. The question then becomes what is Saum? Without me getting into technical and linguistic details, Saum is basically fasting where the observer abstains from all types of foods & drinks from sunrise to sunset. I want to fast this Ramadan, what do I need to do? Make the intention Intention is the backbone of all the deeds in Islam and the same goes for fasting. If you want to fast, make the right int...