Exemptions and Excuses

• What is the ruling on someone who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan, then was compelled to break their fast due to severe illness?
• Is it permissible to give charity for the days the questioner missed in previous Ramadans due to illness and pregnancy, given that she is now pregnant and unable to make up for them?
• How many Tunisian dinars does my mother need to feed 12 poor people as expiation for the days she did not fast in Ramadan due to her illness, and is it permissible for her to give the entire amount to one person at once?
• Is it permissible for a student to break their fast in Ramadan, shorten prayers, and combine them during practical training outside their city or country?
• What is the ruling on traveling to Western foreign countries for tourism and recreation for a period of two or three weeks?
• Is the failure to perform supererogatory acts of worship—such as fasting on the Day of 'Arafah and 'Ashura'—considered a sign of Allah's displeasure with His servant, especially when there are circumstances preventing their performance?
• Is a man permitted to beat his wife if she disobeys him in bed, knowing that there are Hadiths urging kindness towards women, and beating one's wife does not build a harmonious marital relationship, in addition to the possibility of there being reasons for her refusal, such as pregnancy or illness?
• Is it permissible to draw an analogy to the saying of the scholars regarding the non-breaking of the fast by enema with water through the anus to aid defecation, and to adopt the concession of those who said it does not break the fast?
• Is it permissible to break the fast during the day in Ramadan due to pain in the testicle and bladder, in addition to hemorrhoid symptoms that require taking an antibiotic?
• What is the ruling on a pregnant woman making up the Ramadan fast before childbirth for fear of death?
• Is it permissible for a chronically ill person whose illness affects their fasting and who cannot afford the cost of treatment or fasting to break their fast in Ramadan without a medical permit? And will anything befall them on the Day of Resurrection if they die while not fasting?
• Is it permissible for me to choose between semen (manī) and pre-seminal fluid (madhī) regarding the liquid I found after unintentionally looking at an actress during a Ramadan day, and would my fast be invalidated if it were semen, knowing that I am of the Shafi'i madhhab?
• Should the mother shorten her prayer or complete it during the first four days of visiting her son, if her frequent visits to him are similar to her residing in her own home, and her husband knows about and approves of this?
• Is the questioner considered a dayyūth for being unable to prevent his mother from intermingling with non-mahrams and uncovering her face? And is his mother's uncovering her face during travel due to her illness forbidden, or is it permissible for her?
• Is prayer and fasting obligatory for the physically and hearing impaired person who is aware and understands, or is expiation (fidyah) for fasting obligatory upon his guardians?
• Does a fasting person break their fast at the Adhan of Makkah Al-Mukarramah or at the Adhan of Al-Qunfudhah if they fasted in a place that follows Makkah's timing and then traveled to Al-Qunfudhah, whose timing is earlier than Makkah's?
• What is the expiation for someone who committed zina during the daytime in Ramadan and repented, knowing that she is unable to fast due to a chronic illness, there is no slave to free in our time, she is not married to ask her husband, and her family is well-off?
• What is the stance of Islam regarding medical examinations before or after marriage if they reveal infectious diseases? Is it permissible to refuse marriage, separate, or prevent pregnancy based on medical opinion regarding the potential for children to be afflicted with diseases? What is the evidence for this from the Qur’an and Sunnah?
• Is it permissible for a woman to perform tayammum instead of ghusl after menstruation during travel if ghusl is difficult for her?
• What is the ruling on the fast of one who travels by plane for long distances: should he fast or break his fast and then make it up?
• What is the ruling regarding a woman who passed away and was unable to fast the last years of her life due to illness, knowing that she only has two daughters?
• Is it permissible for a pilgrim performing Umrah who is exhausted by travel and Umrah in one day to break his fast in Ramadan? And what is the ruling on him breaking his fast if he does so?
• Is a wife sinful for refusing daily intercourse due to lack of desire, exhaustion, or aversion to it during pregnancy or after marital problems, and is it permissible to organize intercourse between spouses?
• What is the daily amount of Qur’an that makes a Muslim among the people of Allah and His elect, and does this favor cease with the discontinuation of the daily portion for a period?