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  • Waking up Junub (post sex impurity) after dawn

    Question: My husband and I often have sexual intercourse late at night, and in most cases, I fail in observing the Fajr prayer. Does this make us sinful, knowing that this is the only time we can have sexual intercourse as we have to wait until our child sleeps? Now, we are in Ramadan, if I woke up Junub (a state of Janaabah - post sex impurity),.. More

  • When to pay the ransom for missed fasting days

    Question: I am sick and the doctor has advised me not to fast because fasting is dangerous to my health. I have some questions: - Is it permissible for me to pay the expiation (for not fasting) for the whole month in one go at the beginning of Ramadan? - Is it permissible to give the whole expiation to a single person or it should be given to several.. More

  • Did know about the advent of Ramadan except after ten days of its advent

    Question: I was a student in a foreign country and went on a two-week journey. When I came back, I found that the month of Ramadan had already started more than ten days prior to my return. Unfortunately, I did not fast the remaining days, and this was the first time I did not fast during the month of Ramadan. After that, I married and repented sincerely.. More

  • Breaking fasting because of having surgery in Ramadan

    Question: I suffer from obesity and my specialist doctor may perform Lap Banding surgery on me within few days or perhaps even during Ramadan. After the operation, I may have to break my fast in order to take the medications or because of repeated vomiting. Should I only make up for the missed fasting days or do I have to offer expiation too? Answer:.. More

  • Giving food as expiation for failing to observe fast in Ramadan due to a remediable ailment

    Question: My father fell ill and the physician advised him not to fast for a year.He gave food to an indigent for every day in Ramadan that he did not fast as expiation. The next Ramadan, he fasted. Now, is it due upon him to make up for the missed fasts of the last Ramadan or is expiation only sufficient? Answer: All perfect praise be.. More

  • Breaking fasting due to unbearable difficulty or inability to work

    Question: I work in Spain in the field of construction, which is one of the most difficult fields of work. We work in high temperatures and I consume about nine liters of water a day. I therefore believe that I will not be able to fast in Ramadan. Is it permissible for me not to fast? I want you to provide me with the answer taking the following factors.. More

  • Missed fasts in Ramadan without a valid excuse and delayed making up for them for many years

    Question: Eminent Shaykh, I did not fast for three days in Ramadan without a valid excuse when I was fifteen and seventeen. But now, my Lord has bestowed upon me the favor of guidance, Alhamdulillaah. Now I am twenty-one years old. How should I make up for those fasts? Is fasting only due upon me or fasting as well as an expiation? I am now making.. More

  • Fasting and watching obscene images

    Question: A man on the days of fasting in Ramadan surfs the internet in order to relieve the boredom and tries his best to avoid looking at obscene pictures, but he sometimes comes across pictures of women on the homepages of websites. He immediately turns away his gaze and regrets it. He dislikes seeing these pictures and does not look at them on.. More

  • A transplanted kidney and ability to fast

    Question: I suffered kidney failure and underwent kidney transplant. At the beginning, doctors advised me not to fast, but after three years, they differed whether I should fast or not. Some doctors said I would be able to fast, while others disagreed, considering that fasting might weaken the transplanted kidney. What should I do if I did not fast.. More

  • Wants to break fasting to maintain her looks

    Question: I will get married on the second day of ‘Eed Al-Fitr. I have a thin body, and I work all day. Is it therefore permissible for me not to fast Ramadan? 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, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,.. More

  • 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.. More

  • Unintentional swallowing of water during Ramadan

    Question: I visited the dentist during the daytime one day in Ramadan. He started to clean my teeth using a tool that was pumping a great amount of water inside my mouth. I tried as much as I could to avoid swallowing water so as not to invalidate my fasting. At the end of the process, however, I swallowed some water unintentionally. What is the Sharee&lsquo.. More

  • Rulings on the expiation paid for not fasting

    Question: My grandfather is sick. I give on his behalf ten Dirhams per day from his own money as an expiation for not fasting. I do this sometimes after the Iftaar (sunset meal that concludes the fast), sometimes in the morning, and other times before the Iftaar. Does this free him from liability? Is it enough? What intention should I have when I.. More

  • Is fasting annulled by the fluid discharged when thinking about sexual desire?

    Question: My husband is away. Sometimes I imagine that we have sexual intercourse with each other, and that makes me feel something. This happens to me even during Ramadan. Taking into consideration that my marriage has not yet been consummated, I cannot differentiate between the fluid which necessitates Ghusl (ritual bathing) and that which necessitates.. More

  • The valid intention of fasting

    Question: In Ramadan, we performed the Taraaweeh prayer and bought our Sahoor (pre-dawn meal) and prepared it. Nevertheless, we slept and did not wake before dawn. Is that a valid intention, or is our fasting invalid? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and.. More