Recitation 330.1

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
ألسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Dear Quran Lovers, 
In the last night local news, it was reported that a place in San Diago, U.S.A., there was/is a fire. Let us all lend it a hand by reciting surah Yasi~n and Its Doa that the fire be extinguished quickly. Thank you.

Let us now look into the meaning and the explanation of verse 184, surah 2 Al-Baqoroh.
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم 
"Ai-ya~mam~Maa-du~da~~t".  = (That is) Fast a certain number of days.
"Fa Mank~Ka~na Mink~Kum ~Ma-ri~dhon Aw 'A-la~ Sa-fa-rinf~Fa 'Id-da-tum~Min Ai-ya~min U-khorr".  = Then if any of you are sick or on a journey (and you break the fast), then (you are obligated to fast) the same number of days that you did not fast, on other days.
"Wa 'A-lal-La-dzi~na Yu-ti~qu~na Hu~ Fid-ya-tunt~To-'a~mu Mis-ki~~n".  = And he/she  who feels that fasting is a burden to him/her and he/she does not fast, but is capable, there is a redemption (that is) the feeding of a poor person. Whosoever does charity/good voluntarily/of his/her own accord, then it is better for him/her.
"Wa Ant~Ta-shu~mu~ KHoi-rul-La Kum",  = And that if you fast is better for you,
"Ink~Kunt~Tum Taa-la-mu~~n".  = if you only knew.
(Fasting is observed during day time from dawn till dusk for 29 or 30 days in the month of Ramadan, the 9th month of year of Hijrah. Those who are sick or are on a journey may not fast as it may be a burden to them. They may not fast but they must settle/make up for it on other days  within the next months before Ramadan of the next year. 
Healthy people or those who are not on a journey but feel that it is a burden to them to fast, for them there two choices: (i) fast, or (ii) feed a poor person each day they do not fast. This happened to Anas r.a. when he was old and did not fast for a year or two, and he fed a poor man with bread and meat every day. Bukhori narrated from Aiyub ibnu Abu Tamimah, "Anas was unable to fast, then he prepared a large bowl of bread porridge and invited thirty poor people and fed them.".
This opportunity/relieve is also for women who are pregnant and those who suckle/breast-feed their babies. If these women fear of their safety and of their babies', they may not fast. There are two opinions of the Ulama about their redemption, (i) The women may not fast, but they must feed poor people and must also "Qo-dho"/make up the fast, (ii) They need not fast but must feed poor people and need not "Qodho"/make up the fast.
  And that if we fast, it is better for us than feeding the poor, if only we knew the goodness of the fast.
(185) (to be continued).
Until we meet again in the next session, see you all Quran Lovers later.
والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof.