Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
Will a mother be sinful if she abandons her daughter—who mistreats her and causes her health to deteriorate—and does not include her name in her will, knowing that the daughter is well-off?
What is the ruling on fasting during a week-long journey for a diabetic?
Does a Muslim performing 'Umrah in Ramadan fast or break his fast, and does he shorten the prayer or perform it in full, and do the rulings apply to the duration of travel or stay?
Can I supplicate using the name of Allah, Al-Mateen, to ensure a stable pregnancy?
What is the ruling on delaying the making up of accumulated fasting days due to pregnancy and menstruation, which amount to 19 days from two years ago, and 7 days from last Ramadan, given that I am currently suffering from depression that prevents me from fasting?
Is it permissible for a traveler to break their fast in Ramadan if they are exposed to physical, psychological, and nutritional stress?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers, without a reason such as travel, rain, or illness?
What is the authenticity of attributing the noble verse: "Allah knew that you were deceiving yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you" to disparage Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and portray him as a traitor, and what is the refutation against those who claim that this verse describes him as such and that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) showed favoritism to his companions?
Is the husband required to complete the sixty days of fasting that he vowed in gratitude to Allah for the pregnancy, even though the pregnancy was not completed and the fetus was miscarried before he finished the fasting?
Is it permissible for my mother, who suffers from a chronic illness and is unable to fast Ramadan, to pay the expiatory fidyah for not fasting to one person all at once a long time after Ramadan, or to pay it in installments?
What is the ruling concerning a pregnant woman who insists on fasting despite her exhaustion and frequent vomiting, out of fear of having to make up the days, and what should be done about informing her that her fast may have been invalidated based on a mistaken belief?
Is it permissible to give the equivalent value of feeding a poor person as expiation on behalf of the sick mother-in-law, for whom there is no hope of recovery, from the money saved for her shroud and burial?
Is it permissible for someone who is observing a compensatory fast (qada') to change his intention to a supererogatory (nafl) fast so that he can break it due to urgent circumstances, knowing that breaking an obligatory fast is forbidden?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on living in an apartment whose rent is paid by another person using his card without the knowledge of the leasing association, knowing that the association's regulations prohibit this procedure and require the apartment to be handed over to them upon departure?
Must one fast for two months if they hit an elderly person with their car, causing their death, knowing that the driver's speed was 60 km/h, and that the elderly person had poor eyesight and had previously been hit in the same location?
What is the ruling on a pregnant woman in her sixth month of pregnancy, who suffers from severe pain in her digestive system at night due to pregnancy, as well as complications from irritable bowel syndrome and a previous duodenal ulcer, despite eating small amounts of food, and are these symptoms psychological or organic?
Is there an authentic Hadith stating that the Prophet (peace be upon him) combined two prayers without an excuse?
What is the ruling on one who drank water because of his inability to swallow his saliva due to a cold and fear of hiccups?
Is it obligatory to make up for (the days) or to feed (the poor) for the month that was not fasted due to chronic illness?
Must a traveler on a four-day tourist trip, with a fifth day for return, fast in Ramadan, knowing that he is staying in a hotel?
What is the ruling regarding a husband having intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan while traveling, out of ignorance of the ruling, 15 years ago?
Is it permissible for me to fast Ramadan while having only one kidney?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan due to depression that leads to difficulty not sleeping during the day, increased eating, extreme exhaustion, and inability to perform usual activities, fearing a prolonged illness?
What is the ruling on a woman who missed days in Ramadan due to traveling and accompanying her sick father, then her father passed away, and she was unable to make up the missed days before the next Ramadan arrived, and what should she do when the third Ramadan is about to begin and she has only made up two days?