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The Tayyibat diet in Ramadan: how to follow it
Break the fast with dates and water, then a short plate from the yes list. That is the book's whole advice on Ramadan. It is one line long, so this page shows how to build on it and says where the book stops.
What the book says about Ramadan
One line. The system fits Ramadan naturally: break with dates and water, then a short plate. The book adds that this is close to how the month was traditionally eaten anyway.
That is all. The book gives no menu for the dawn meal and no plan for the thirty days. It gives no religious ruling, and neither does this page. How you keep Ramadan is between you and your own scholar.
His fasting rhythm is a different fast
The book's own fasting days are Monday and Thursday, plus the white days, the 13th, 14th and 15th of each lunar month. About ten days a month, dawn to sunset. The book calls it optional.
Ramadan is a month of fasting set by your faith, not by the book. The book never asks you to add its own fasting days on top of it.
Read more in fasting on the Tayyibat diet.
Breaking the fast: dates and water
Two foods, both on the yes list, and both his own rulings. Dates are one of the five foods the whole system is built on. Water is the everyday drink.
The book's own first fast day goes one step further. Warm dates in ghee, then rice soup in broth. Ghee is allowed, and he ruled on it himself.
Drink water when you are thirsty. The book does not tell you to hold back fluid around a meal.
The short plate
"Short" is the book's word. Keep the plate plain.
White rice is one of the five foods the system is built on, and he ruled on it himself. Natural butter is another, also his own ruling. Bone broth is allowed too. So are lamb and beef. All of these are his own rulings.
So a plain iftar plate fits the list: rice soup in broth, or grilled lamb with rice. The plate follows from his list. He never wrote it as a Ramadan menu.
Milk and white bread are different. Both are off the list, and he ruled on both himself. Skip them at the iftar table and keep the rest.
The dawn meal
The book is silent here. A simple answer built from the list is rice with butter and dates. Three foods, all on the yes list. It is the site's recipe, not a meal he wrote for Ramadan.
Drinks after sunset
Green tea, Turkish coffee and anise tea are all allowed, and he ruled on each himself. Turkish coffee comes from a roaster you trust, with no creamer.
Check first if any of this applies to you
The book says: if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, underweight, elderly, diabetic, or on medicine that must be taken with food, follow the food rules and skip the fasting. Talk to your doctor before you change anything. Never stop or change a prescribed medicine because of a web page. Questions about the fast itself go to a scholar you trust.
People also ask
Can I follow the Tayyibat diet in Ramadan?
The book says the system fits Ramadan naturally: break with dates and water, then a short plate. It gives no menu for the month and no religious ruling.
What do I break the fast with on the Tayyibat diet?
Dates and water, then a short plate. Both are on the yes list and both are his own rulings. Rice soup in broth, or grilled lamb with rice, fits the list.
Do I keep the Monday and Thursday fasts during Ramadan?
Ramadan is set by your faith, not by the book. The book does not ask you to add its own fasting days on top of it.
What can I eat at the dawn meal in Ramadan?
The book gives no dawn menu. The site's recipe of rice with butter and dates uses three yes-list foods. It follows from his list, and he never wrote it for Ramadan.
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