How to Prepare for Ramadan: 1. Sincere repentance 2. Du’a (supplication) 3. Rejoicing at the approach of the blessed month 4. Discharging the duty of any outstanding obligatory fasts 5. Seeking knowledge 6. Hastening to complete any tasks that may distract you from doing acts of worship. 7. Sitting with one’s family members to tell them of the rulings on fasting. 8. Preparing some books to read 9. Fasting some of the month of Sha’ban 10. Reading Quran

Fasting is compulsory on a person if he fulfils five conditions: 1- He is a Muslim, 2- He is accountable (mukallaf), 3- He is able to fast, 4- He is settled (not travelling), and 5- There are no impediments to fasting.

The different types of fasting are five: 1- obligatory fasting, 2- forbidden fasting, 3- encouraged fasting, 4- disliked fasting and 5- permissible fasting.