Fasting is defined as the act of abstaining from a few things—which will be elaborated later—from the adhÁn of fajr till maghrib with the intention of attaining nearness to Allah—as elaborated in the section on wuÃÙ—and with sincerity.
The time of maghrib—in this article and the following articles—based on obligatory precaution, is defined as the time when the redness of the eastern sky, which appears after the setting of the sun, has passed overhead.