When was the Ramadan fast mandated?
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The fasting of was mandated in the month of Sha'ban in the second year of the Hijra. The evidence for its obligation is Allah's saying: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is fasting as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous" [Quran 2:183], and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Islam is built upon five [pillars]: the testimony that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing prayer, giving , fasting Ramadan, and performing Hajj to the House for whoever is able to find a way to it."
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