"You Should Have Fed Him"

Author: Islamweb ‘Abbad ibn Shurahbil (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: I suffered from a year of famine, and I came upon a garden of somebody in Madinah, from which I picked up some ears of corn which I rubbed, ate some of its content, and...

Eating and drinking forgetfully whilst fasting a vowed fast

Question: If I eat due to forgetfulness in a fast that was intended upon a vow, is it permissible for me to complete the fasting of the day as in the month of Ramadan? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The preponderant opinion of scholars is that if a fasting person eats or drinks out...

Pretending to break the fast

Question: A fasting person wanted to joke with his friends; hence, he brought a cup of water and pretended that he was drinking to make them believe that he was not fasting. A drop of water, however, fell on his lip. He is unsure, and he has reasonable doubts. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on this? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad,...

Breaking fasting due to pregnancy

Question I read in a contemporary book of Fiqh (jurisprudence) that if the pregnant woman breaks her fasting during Ramadan, according to the sounder opinion, she will be required only to make expiation. Hence, my wife would break fasting when she was pregnant and expiate only. This was repeated for many years. Recently, however, I came to know that this opinion is weak and that the sound opinion is that she is required to make up for the days of fasting...

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    Question: salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa Barakatu I had an abortion one week ago; by the begining of Ramadan I will be in my second week. Now I have little drops...

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    Question: Would you please tell me how to receive the noble month of Ramadan? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there...