Name of Allah and the Ahlul Kisa

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

"Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed,"
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! I will help him if he is oppressed, but if he is an oppressor, how shall I help him?" The Prophet said, "By preventing him from oppressing (others), for that is how to help him."
Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 84 Book 85, Volumune 009 Narrated by Anas (r.a.)

Calligraphy with the words "As-salaamu alayki ayatuha Siddiqa, ash-Shahida Fatima al-Zahra"

Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach.
Imam Jafar Sadiq (a)

Echoing words

There is nothing OUT THERE, it is what is IN HERE, right WITHIN my INNER SELF that I witness OUT THERE [in my OUTER SELF].

Feel the ripples of this statement in your conscious and deepen the feeling through concentration, contemplation and further by entering the meditative mode :)

Intention of Fasting When Different Fasts Are to Be Done

Q: If I owe an obligatory fast by nadhr and some qaḍā’ fasts of Ramadan while the anniversary of the Prophet (s.) birthday comes,

a) Should I determine in my heart which fast I keep?

b) Is it enough to say in my intention for such a fast, 'I observe the fast I owe' intending the qaḍā’ of Ramadan?

c) If I know that I owe a single obligatory fast but I do not remember whether it is qaḍā’ of Ramadan or it is obligatory by nadhr, is it enough to say as intention, 'I will fast tomorrow fulfilling what is my real obligation' without determining which obligatory fast it is?

d) And if I remember that this fast is a qaḍā’ or nadhr but I do not specify it in my intention, are my fasting and intention correct?

e) Is it mandatory that I determine in my heart and intention whether the fast I keep is qaḍā’, kaffārah, nadhr, for ‘īd of Ghadīr, for the Imam Ali’s (a.) birthday, etc.?

A:

a) It is obligatory to determine it in the intention.

b) If your purpose is to fast qaḍā’, it will be a qaḍā’ fast.

c) It is sufficient to intend what is obligatory upon you without recognizing the cause due to which it becomes obligatory.

d) If you owe only a single fast, it is sufficient to intend what you owe without being necessary to mention the cause by which becomes obligatory.

e) If you owe different types of fasting — like qaḍā’, kaffārah, nadhr and the like, you should specify in your intention which type you want to keep. Of course, to keep a mustaḥabb fast while owning qaḍā’ of Ramadan is incorrect.

An aphorism of Imam al-Ṣādiq (a.):

The believer lives in two constant fears: A fear of a past sin which they did that they are uncertain what Allah will do with them and a fear of their coming age that they do not know what evil behaviors they will perpetrate in it. They do not get up in the morning but frightened and not pass the evening but frightened. In fact, nothing reforms them but fear.