Editing Fasting in Islam (section)

===Intention ({{transliteration|ar|niyyah}})===
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"The intention ({{transliteration|ar|niyyah}}) means resolving to fast. It is essential to have the intention the night before, night by night, in Ramadaan."<ref>''Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah'', vol. 10, p. 246.</ref> For fasting, making the intention to fast is necessary.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ramadanali |title=Fasting in Islam and the Month of Ramadan |date=January 2006 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=978-1932099942 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og9RCwAAQBAJ&q=fast+islam+intention&pg=PT72}}</ref>