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the ten days in advance has been made. Any form of business too and from
the mosque is not permissible.
It was the practice of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
not to leave the mosque except to go to the bathroom. Neither would he
inquire about a sick person except as he passed by without stopping.
Sleeping, eating, washing hands in the mosque do not invalidate the retreat,
nor yet the emergence of a limb or part of the body from the mosque.
Sexual intercourse invalidates the observance of the retreat, but not a non-
arousal kiss.
THE INWARD CONDITIONS OF FASTING:
There are three degrees of fasting:
1. The fast of the ordinary person
the mosque is not permissible.
It was the practice of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
not to leave the mosque except to go to the bathroom. Neither would he
inquire about a sick person except as he passed by without stopping.
Sleeping, eating, washing hands in the mosque do not invalidate the retreat,
nor yet the emergence of a limb or part of the body from the mosque.
Sexual intercourse invalidates the observance of the retreat, but not a non-
arousal kiss.
THE INWARD CONDITIONS OF FASTING:
There are three degrees of fasting:
1. The fast of the ordinary person