Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
Is it permissible to fast the days intended to be made up before Ramadan, after it has ended due to illness and inability to fast?
What is the ruling on the fast of a pregnant woman in her fourth month who suffers from chronic iron deficiency?
Am I sinful for ordering my friend to break her fast during the day in Ramadan when she was tired and had low blood pressure, fearing that she might faint, and what is the expiation for that, if it is due?
Is it permissible for a sick person to break their fast in Ramadan if their illness causes slight or moderate pain, by analogy with a traveler who is permitted to break their fast without obvious hardship?
What is the ruling on training a Muslim female doctor in Britain on assisted pregnancy techniques and artificial insemination, given the existence of cases of egg and sperm donation that may occur between non-spouses, knowing that the doctor may not know their source, and that training in this field is necessary to establish a fertility treatment department in her country that adheres to Sharia controls?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan due to the worsening of ulcerative colitis, which causes diarrhea, bleeding, and abdominal pain, along with the desire to start natural treatment, bearing in mind that I am a breastfeeding mother?
Is it permissible to feed the poor instead of making up 45 days of Ramadan fasting due to pregnancy and severe bleeding, as ruled by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)?
What should one do who is unable to fast due to psychological illnesses (such as chronic depression and weakness) and is also unable to feed the poor?
Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten and combine prayers until he is certain of his permanent settlement in a country, or does the obligation of his return to his homeland prevent that?
What is the Sharia ruling on performing a fetal reduction operation after the division of one of the implanted embryos—given that the mother does not suffer from any health problems—and is refraining from doing so considered a sin?
Is it permissible to authorize one's family in the home country to pay the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yamin), or is fasting obligatory when one is unable to feed the poor in the country of travel?
Is it permissible for me to take pills to abort the fetus, knowing that I am pregnant and taking Vitamin A pills for skin treatment, and I suffer from varicose veins? What is the type of these pills? And what is the Sharia ruling on this?
Is it necessary to break the fast to compensate for fluid loss due to diarrhea resulting from taking a laxative during fasting?
Is chronic mental illness considered a permanent disability that prevents fasting, especially if the sufferer experiences fatigue, depression, exhaustion, and anxiety even with slight exertion, and continues to suffer despite treatment?
Does the ruling of deliberate breaking of the fast apply to one who broke her fast out of ignorance of the seriousness of the matter? And is expiation obligatory for one who broke her fast with water before the call to prayer, thinking it had already been called based on the words of some of her colleagues?
Is it obligatory to make up for missed days of a votive fast [siyam mandhur] in a specific month due to excuses, or is it obligatory to make up the entire month, or is it obligatory to fast the specified month again?
Is it obligatory for someone who broke their fast while young during their first Ramadan, being unable to fast, to make up the days (qada') and offer expiation (fidyah)? And is it permissible to delay making up the days until just before the next Ramadan, fasting them intermittently?
Is it permissible for a young man in his twenties, residing in a European country, who suffers from anxiety, depression, and stomach pains, and whose psychological state worsens and life comes to a halt during the 18-hour daily fasting period, to break his fast, especially since he has stopped taking medications that conflict with fasting?
Is it permissible to pay a bribe or commit forgery to avoid national service, given one suffers from panic attacks, fear, social anxiety, and fear of travel?
Is it permissible for one who has vowed to fast Mondays and Thursdays voluntarily for life, with the intention of exception for days of legal excuse and illness, to change the wording of the vow to "whenever I am able"? And is she required to make up the exempted days? And what is the validity of a friend's statement regarding a vow based on a mistaken belief?
Is it permissible for a traveling woman to combine prayers, and is her ruling the same as that of a male traveler as long as she is not in her original homeland and does not intend permanent residency?
Is a wife obligated to fast the entire month of Ramadan that she missed due to pregnancy, or is she required to pay a fidyah, and what is the amount of the fidyah?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for someone who broke their fast on a day in Ramadan due to food poisoning (fever and vomiting)?
What is the ruling on a husband and wife fasting while traveling, knowing that the husband will return to his family on the last night of Ramadan, three hours before Fajr, and the distance between the airport and the marital home is more than 160 kilometers? Is it permissible for them to break their fast and shorten their prayers if the wife waits at the airport and they go to a nearby hotel to spend the remaining two hours before Fajr, then travel to their home after Fajr?