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  • Fasting of a 65-year-old woman who has bleeding

    Question: A man asks: my mother is sixty-five years old and she has not had any children for the last nineteen years. Now, she has bleeding that started three years ago and it seems to be because of a certain disease. Ramadan is about to begin, what should she do? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that.. More

  • A fasting person inattentively drinks water

    Question: One day, during the daytime in Ramadan, an argument broke out between myself and another person at work. I felt the dryness of my saliva because I had spoken a lot, and so I asked someone to bring me a glass of water to rinse my mouth. While I was talking, someone brought a bottle of water and I inattentively drank two sips. Immediately thereafter.. More

  • Unintentional swallowing of toothpaste during fasting

    Question: What is the ruling on unintentional swallowing of a little toothpaste while making up for a missed fast, even if that happened during or at the beginning of the Athaan of Fajr? 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.. More

  • Intending to do an act unaware that it would breaks one’s fast

    Question: A fasting person was about to do an act that breaks fasting during the day in Ramadan, while being ignorant or uncertain about the fact that it breaks fasting.However, when he was about to do it, he became more suspicious that it may break his fast and therefore he abstained from doing it. Is making up for this fast or the expiation.. More

  • Permissibility of breaking obligatory fasting with an excuse

    Question: It is known that it is forbidden to break obligatory fasting. If someone is making up for a missed day of fasting and wants to change his intention to that of a voluntary fast to be able to break it for certain reasons, would this be permissible? Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there.. More

  • Ghusl is not a prerequisite for valid fasting

    Question: After the Iftaar in Ramadan, there was foreplay between me and my husband. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on our fasting the next day? What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on the action itself? 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,.. More

  • The ruling on abandoning fasting in Ramadan deliberately

    Question: I have a thirty-three-year-old friend who has a brother and a sister. He supports his very sick mother. During the month of Ramadan, his mother's sickness increased. He was with her and he felt great psychological pressure. He, therefore, deliberately abandoned fasting for five days. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on this? What should.. More

  • Validity of fasting of a woman who delayed Ghusl for menses until after Maghrib

    Question: Last Ramadan, I was menstruating, and on the last day of my menstruation, I had my Sahoor (pre-dawn meal) and had the intention of fasting. No blood discharge occurred during the day and I completed my fasting until sunset. However, I did not perform Ghusl except at the time of the Maghrib prayer. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on.. More

  • A traveler had sexual intercourse with his wife after returning during the daytime in Ramadan

    Question: I was travelling one day last Ramadan, so I did not fast that day according to the concession granted to the traveler. That day, when I returned home, I had sexual intercourse with my wife. Is the expiation due upon me making up for that day only or fasting two consecutive months? I asked a scholar and he gave me a Fatwa that I am required.. More

  • The wisdom behind the Prophet's fasting the tenth of Muharram

    Question: Why did the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, observe fasting on the tenth of Muharram? 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, is His Slave and Messenger. The Messenger of Allah,.. More

  • One is rewarded for his good intention

    Question: I want Inshaa’Allah to fast the first nine days of the month of Thul-Hijjah and break fasting on the tenth day along with slaughtering a sacrifice. How should I make my intention? Should I consider myself in a state of Ihraam (ritual consecration)? In case I menstruate during these nine days, will I still be rewarded? Answer:.. More

  • Breaking fast in Ramadan because of pregnancy without making up for the days missed

    Question: I was pregnant in Ramadan, and hence I did not fast. I fed a poor person for each day I missed. Am I required now to make up for the days I missed or is that expiation enough? 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.. More

  • 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.. More

  • The permissibility of fasting the tenth of Muharram alone

    Question: I fasted the tenth of Muharram to compensate for one of the days that I had not fasted and I was intending to fast the eleventh of Muharram as I know that it is impermissible to fast the tenth of Muharram alone. However, I had my menstruation on the eleventh of Muharram and could not fast that day. Is my fasting the tenth of Muharram alone.. More

  • The best fasting after Ramadan is Muharram

    Question: Which are the days where fasting is obligatory in Muharram? 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, is His Slave and Messenger. It is not obligatory to fast the month of Muharram or any day.. More