Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
What is the validity of the fast of a wife who treated her husband's anal wound during the day in Ramadan, and is she required to make up those days, given her aversion to the act and her inability to refuse, and her husband's ability to treat himself?
What is the ruling regarding the first Umrah in which one broke their fast due to severe exhaustion and thirst, and is it obligatory to make up that day of fasting, and what about the conflicting feelings of annoyance from the crowds and heat followed by sadness at leaving Mecca?
Is it permissible for me to break my fast in Ramadan due to a psychological illness and medications that cause low blood pressure and an inability to fast? And is giving money to feed a poor person for each day sufficient? What should I do when I am unable to serve my family due to the illness?
Is it permissible to use a drug that stops and weakens sexual ability, if it does not cause harm, for fear of falling into the unlawful, due to the inability to marry or fast because of illness?
What is the ruling of Islamic law and what is the personal opinion regarding a wife's strong desire to conceive, despite repeated fetal deaths and health risks that could lead to the mother's death? And is she considered sinful if she becomes pregnant again?
Is it permissible for the questioner to continue her pregnancy and childbirth follow-up with her maternal uncle, who is an obstetrician-gynecologist, due to the unavailability of female obstetrician-gynecologists in her country, knowing that traveling to another country for treatment with a female doctor would cause her financial and health problems?
What is the ruling on praying Dhuhr between the Adhan of Asr and the Iqamah?
Is it permissible to masturbate to relieve oneself and avoid falling into the forbidden, especially given the abundance of provocations and the difficulty of marriage, and considering that there are jurisprudential opinions that permit it, such as those of Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, and Ibn Taymiyyah?
How can one respond to those who cite Quranic verses and Prophetic hadiths to justify performing only three prayers a day, or combining prayers without a valid excuse?
What is the ruling regarding one who is unable to fast the month of Ramadan due to pregnancy, high blood pressure, and palpitations, and is she required to make up the days?
Is it permissible to masturbate before fasting on a Ramadan day if one fears falling into a greater forbidden act, which is masturbating and breaking the fast during a Ramadan day? This is based on the saying of Sheikh Al-Zarqa: "If one fears falling into a greater prohibition, such as fornication or harmful psychological disorders, then it is permissible within the limits of warding that off, on the basis that necessities are estimated by their measure."
What is the criterion for hardship and difficulty that permits alleviation in Sharia?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man in his eighties, who is free from illness and enjoys good health, not to fast Ramadan under the pretext of fearing that his body might not endure the fasting, and is it permissible to prepare food for him during the daytime in Ramadan while he is not fasting?
Must I make up the remaining three days of the days I missed fasting, which I had intended to fast completely, knowing that some of the breaking of my fast was due to an illness that necessitated the use of eye drops, which I believed invalidated the fast?
Is it incumbent upon a sick person who broke their fast in Ramadan for two consecutive years due to a chronic illness and paid the Fidyah, then recovered, to make up the fast, or is the Fidyah they paid sufficient?
What is the ruling on a father withdrawing money from investment certificates because their returns are unlawful, and then sending his wife and son for 'Umrah with it? And will the son and mother be held accountable for the travel expenses, knowing that the questioner is aware the mother has her own money?
What is the Sharia ruling on dealing with an eighty-year-old father who claims to be fasting while he is not, and his children fear confronting him to avoid problems? Is it permissible for them to pay the expiation of feeding a poor person on his behalf for each day, knowing that he has done this in previous Ramadans?
Is a shoe considered ritually impure (najis) if it is splashed by a puddle of sewage water that a beer can was passing through? Is it sufficient to wipe the spot of the splash with a cloth dampened with clean water to purify it, or will the shoe remain impure? Does the impurity transfer to the entire shoe if it is wiped after touching the impure spot? Is it permissible to wear this shoe during the blessed month of Ramadan while fasting?
Is it permissible to take back one's wife after the husband said to her, "You are unlawful to me" without intending divorce, then "You can consider yourself divorced" as a threat, and then said to her brother "Divorce" without finalizing the matter, knowing that he fed sixty poor people for his first statement?
Is it permissible to completely cease pregnancy and childbirth due to suffering from a severe illness during pregnancy that necessitates abstaining from food and drink and receiving nutrition intravenously in the hospital?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding marriage by coercion, and taking birth control pills without the husband's knowledge?
What is the ruling regarding someone who breaks their fast due to forgetfulness, or for a legitimate excuse such as illness, or in cases where breaking the fast is permissible, such as for the killer by mistake? And is it obligatory for him to fast two consecutive months without breaking the fast in the case of illness, and what is required of him if he breaks his fast due to forgetfulness?
Is it permissible for a woman to undergo cosmetic surgery if her body has changed significantly during pregnancy and she has become ashamed for her husband to see her?
Which has a greater claim to judgment: the religion of Allah or the religion of people, taking into consideration that the right of Allah is based on forgiveness, while the rights of people are based on strictness?