Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman traveling with her non-Muslim sister and the sister's son in a private car for seven hours to visit their brother, who is ill with what is likely a terminal illness?
What is the ruling on a female doctor taking her salary in two cases: first, her absence from work for a month under the pretext of her mother's illness without taking leave and no one worked in her place; and second, her absence for another month in the ninth month of her pregnancy due to pregnancy fatigue, and a colleague worked in her place? And if it is not permissible to take the salary, should she give it away as charity or give it to her colleagues? Is this the reason her supplications are not answered? And what is the extent of the authenticity of the hadith: "Purify your food, and your supplications will be answered"?
Is the difficulty in performing Umrah in Ramadan, due to sins, an indication of Allah's wrath, and how can I repent and overcome the whispers of Satan and my soul that is prone to evil?
Which is better for one who breaks their fast in Ramadan due to an excuse: fasting or feeding, and what is the interpretation of verses 182-184 of Surat Al-Baqarah in this context?
Is the father who forces his daughter to break her fast and abuses her, despite knowing of her illness, to be punished?
Is it permissible to shorten and combine prayers during a permissible journey for worldly matters, or is that restricted to journeys of obedience?
Can the desire for zina be overcome and a righteous wife be found despite illness and incapacitation?
Is it permissible to abort a pregnancy that is one month and eight days old due to the wife's illness and her inability to endure the hardship of pregnancy, especially given that there was a prior agreement not to conceive for a certain period?
Why does God not answer my prayers, and is my not conceiving until now proof of God's wrath upon me?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan when traveling to another city for an exam, given that there are two options for the journey, one of which is longer than 83 km?
What should a sick wife do who is vomiting blood, has been prohibited from fasting by doctors, and cannot endure hunger and thirst? Should she fast or break her fast in Ramadan?
Does the legitimate Sharʿī excuse that permits breaking the fast in Ramadan also permit other prohibitions therein?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray Fajr with tayammum, without ghusl from janabah, if he wakes up in a state of impurity, fearing he would disturb his neighbors if he were to perform ghusl?
What is the ruling on one who doubts the number of days they missed fasting in Ramadan due to a legitimate excuse, and these days have accumulated over several years?
Is the wife obligated to make up the days she missed in Sha’ban due to illness as only ten days, or must she fast two months for each day?
Is it permissible for a student to write the diagnosis of a disease in a practical medical exam if the patient spontaneously informs him of it, or if he hears it from someone else without asking, and is that considered cheating?
Which is better: for a sick woman to fast despite her fatigue, or to break her fast so she can be strong enough for other acts of worship?
Is the husband entitled to abstain and refrain from another pregnancy?
Is a visit to one's mother obligatory, given the ability to pay a large sum of money, the presence of legitimate impediments in the mother's country, and the difficulty of the elderly mother traveling?
Is it permissible for the children of a deceased, ill person who was unaware of breaking their fast in Ramadan and did not make up for the fasting due to their illness, to fast on their behalf?
Is it obligatory to make up two days (for the day from Ramadan and the day on which the intention for making up was made) or only one day, if the questioner was unable to complete the fast she was making up from Ramadan?
Is it permissible for a servant to intend devotion to God with all their words and actions, and then strive to correct their intention for each act, or could this lead them into bidʻah (innovation in religion) or lying about God? Or is it better to be truthful with God by not intending to draw near to Him except through what is undoubtedly a pure act of drawing near for His sake?
Is it permissible to give the monetary value of feeding thirty needy persons, instead of feeding them in kind, on behalf of my sick mother who is unable to fast?
How can the two Hadiths be reconciled, which mention the varying distances between the levels of Paradise, where one mentions "as between the heaven and the earth" and the other mentions "a hundred years"?