The Sayyid Abu Sa'id [al-Tabarani] (may Allah sanctify him) has graced us with what he provided in the book Majmu' al-A'yad [The Compendium of Festivals] regarding the explanation of the meaning of the month of Ramadan and the Mandated Fasting upon us.

From the famous narrations, including what was narrated from the Sheikh al-Khasibi (may Allah sanctify his secret), saying: As for what our Master and our role model, the Sayyid Abu Abd Allah al-Khasibi (may Allah brighten his face), explained in his treatise al-Rastbashiyya:

The Year contains twelve months, the first of which is the Month of Ramadan, which is the person Abd Allah bin Abd al-Muttalib. The fasting of the month of Ramadan is the silence of Abd Allah therein, which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) clarified in His Book by His (the Exalted) saying: {So say, "Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful a fast, so I will not speak today to any human"} (Maryam 26).

And in the story of Zechariah, the saying of the Mighty and Majestic: {He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound." So he came out to his people from the sanctuary and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] morning and afternoon} (Maryam 10-11). So his revelation was through his hand, his eye, and his eyebrows—not through his tongue or speech.

The prohibition that Abd Allah manifested therein—regarding food, drink, lying, and speaking what is not the Truth, along with all that Allah