Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
Do the husband and wife owe make-up (qada’) and expiation (kaffarah) if sexual intercourse occurred during the daytime in Ramadan—with full penetration but without ejaculation—given that the wife was unaware that mere penetration invalidates the fast, and she was already not fasting due to pregnancy, and they were both overwhelmed by desire?
Is it permissible for the husband to fast on behalf of his wife for the missed days of Ramadan that she owes, if she is unable to fast them due to illness?
What is the ruling on two people performing the Rami (pelting of the Jamarat) on behalf of two other people (one of whom is elderly and the other remained with him to care for him) during the days of Rami?
Is my obligatory prayer, performed while sitting due to back pain in the sixth month of pregnancy, religiously acceptable, even though I am able to perform it standing?
Is it permissible to abort my wife’s pregnancy, which is less than a month old, due to the presence of four children close in age and a work assignment that requires travel?
When does the iddah (waiting period) of a mother whose husband died on the 21st of Dhu al-Hijjah, corresponding to November 18th, end?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan due to severe hunger and thirst that affect movement and study, and is it considered a sin to break the fast for a day due to an inability to bear the fasting?
What is the expiation for a pregnant woman breaking her fast in Ramadan due to intercourse during the day in Ramadan—with her not resisting her husband much out of fear for the pregnancy—and is repaying the debts of prisoners due to money considered like freeing a slave?
How can an epileptic student in Canada, who takes two doses of Depakine daily (one dose upon waking and two doses before bed), and whose Iftar and Imsak times coincide with his medication times, maintain regular doses to avoid the recurrence of seizures?
Does the Almighty's saying: "There is no blame upon the blind, nor is there any blame upon the crippled, nor is there any blame upon the sick" include diabetic patients?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a wife who refuses to return to the marital home after traveling to her country, mistreats her husband's family, instigates problems, and invents excuses not to return, especially given that the husband tolerated her neglect and laziness while they were abroad?
What is the ruling on a husband's ill-treatment of his pregnant, sick wife who is considering divorce?
What is the religious ruling on a wife obeying her husband who asks her to travel to his hometown to give birth, knowing that she is exhausted in the late stages of pregnancy, and is it permissible for the husband to swear an oath of divorce if his wife does not give birth in his hometown?
Is the expiation for a vow (nadhr) the same as the expiation for an oath (yamin)? And how can one be released from a vow to fast Mondays and Thursdays for life after a doctor has forbidden fasting due to illness?
What is the ruling concerning the death of patients and the elderly under the care of a general physician as a result of their unresponsiveness to treatment or prior to determining the cause of death? Is this considered negligence on the part of the physician?
Is it obligatory to stay overnight with a woman who has been irrevocably divorced after the discovery of her pregnancy subsequent to the completion of her iddah from the first divorce, and is the husband sinful if he stays overnight with her every day?
Is it obligatory for one who understands the scholars' evidences and whose heart is reassured by one of the preferred views to always examine their evidences and preferences, or is it sufficient to follow trustworthy scholars in matters of disagreement? And is it permissible to follow a trustworthy scholar like "Al-Nawawi" even if there is clearer and stronger evidence with another scholar? And is it obligatory to act upon the Hadith: "Sin is that which wavers in your breast..." in matters of disagreement?
How can a woman conceive from her husband who has been absent for twenty years—during which she has had more than 200 menstrual cycles—knowing that pregnancy requires sperm, and that the only miracle was the conception of Jesus (peace be upon him) by Mary (peace be upon her)?
Is it permissible to break the fast a few hours before Maghrib due to the inability to bear fasting in intense heat?
Does expiation become obligatory for someone who swore repeated and emphatic oaths not to travel until Monday, then traveled on Wednesday after his father compelled him by divorcing his mother with the triple divorce?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who swallows phlegm in their throat while feeling nauseous, and is قضية (recompense/making up the fast) incumbent upon them, and what should they do in this situation?
What is the expiation for someone who commits adultery twice in Ramadan on two different days? Is it a condition for the two months of fasting as expiation to be consecutive, or must one start fasting anew if it is interrupted? Is the expiation a single one, or does it multiply with the number of days?
What is the ruling on one who finds the pledge he made to himself burdensome due to compelling circumstances such as illness, and what is the ruling on one who swore to kill a hostile disbeliever but did not do so?
Can a man take his wife back after divorcing her three separate times, taking into account the circumstances of anger and drug abuse in some of those divorces, and his desire to preserve his family and raise his children?