Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
Is it better for a fasting traveler to break the fast or to complete the fast in Ramadan?
What should I do about making up days I missed fasting in the past, without knowing their exact number, especially since I previously paid a fidyah for them?
What is the expiation for my daughter, who suffers from a hereditary disease and has been advised by doctors not to fast, if she does not fast the month of Ramadan?
Does one have to make up the fast if liquid food came out of his mouth due to a stomach illness while fasting in Ramadan?
Is it obligatory to fulfill a vow to fast for a month or 40 days for the healing of a mother from chronic coughing that has fluctuated between recovery and recurrence?
Are the husband and the wife's family sinful due to their refusal to break the fast with the husband who intentionally broke his fast during the day in Ramadan? And what must they do to atone for this sin?
Is someone who abandons fasting considered an apostate if he prays but does not fast without an excuse or illness?
What are the reasons that permit one spouse to prevent conception without the consent of the other?
What is the ruling on one who broke an oath made on the Qur'an to abandon masturbation during Ramadan, and is it permissible for him to pray for illness upon himself to expiate the sin?
Is it permissible for a wife who is remiss in her duties towards her husband, children, and home to have a maid?
What is the ruling on a bride combining prayers due to her preoccupation with adornment and receiving guests on her wedding day?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers by advancing the Asr prayer (taqdim), and the Maghrib and Isha prayers by delaying the Maghrib prayer (ta'khir), given the nature of night shifts that end in the morning, followed by sleep from after Dhuhr until the evening?
What is the patient's intention when going to the doctor in the hospital, what is their role in the healing process, and are they entitled to determine or change the type of treatment?
Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fast and shorten the prayer during the Conquest of Mecca?
Is a wife permitted to refuse to travel with her husband to his workplace if his accommodation causes her illness?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a mother's vow to fast, to give away her jewelry in charity, and to abandon gold ornamentation if she recovers from her severe illness?
What is the ruling on my grandmother continuing to fast the month of Rajab for life, after she has become unable to do so due to illness and old age?
Is it better for a pregnant woman to fast or to break the fast?
Is it permissible for my husband to substitute feeding sixty poor people for the fasting required as expiation for ẓihār, and should the feeding be done all at once or separately, and what is the correct way to feed them?
Is it permissible to travel for the purpose of Hijra (emigration) to a country that is better religiously, without the father's permission, especially if he rejects the idea and might suffer health-wise from anger, and for how long does the necessity of the father's permission continue?
Is it obligatory for my mother to pray standing for the recitation of Al-Fatiha and then prostrate on a chair, or should she pray sitting throughout the entire prayer based on the doctor's order? And is it permissible for her to lean her back if she prays sitting?
If a traveler intended to fast at night and then traveled during the day, is he permitted to break his fast?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan for an exam that lasts six and a half hours, with a break included?
Is it permissible to fast on Wednesday instead of Thursday to earn the reward of fasting, considering that the fasting person studies on Thursday and fears bad breath?