Esoteric explanation of the verse: Then complete the fast until the night Esoteric explanation of the verse: And clear proofs of guidance and criterion Esoteric explanation of the verse: Then an equal number of other days Esoteric explanation of the verse: Allah intends for you ease

It was narrated from Abu al-Haytham Malik bin al-Tayyihan that he said:

My Master said to me: Allah has manifested a matter for you and made a covenant with you regarding the protection of your blood, and He entrusted you with His secret by preserving it until His crier cries out and His caller calls. That is His saying: {Then complete the fast until the night} (Al-Baqarah 187).

This is an explanation from Him: the meaning of Fasting is Taqiyya, and Breaking the Fast [Iftar] is the disclosure and departure from Taqiyya. For if a believer reveals what he is upon in the State of the Opponent to someone undeserving, he has broken his fast and violated his Ihram.

It was also narrated from Muhammad bin Sinan that he said to a group of his companions: Do you know the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {The month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed as guidance for the people} (Al-Baqarah 185)? What is it? They said: No, our Master. He said: His saying "Month" [Shahr] means Hashim; "Ramadan" means Abu Talib;