Exemptions and Excuses
652 questions
Is it necessary to make up for a voluntary fast in Sha'ban if it was interrupted due to travel and breaking the fast?
Is the questioner burdened by sin for having aborted four times, knowing that she was suffering from a severe mental illness that deprived her of awareness and perception?
Is it permissible to break one’s fast on Mondays and Thursdays vowed for the sake of being blessed with offspring, when there are occasions such as an ‘Aqiqah or a wedding, or must one continue fasting, and is this vow valid?
Is it permissible to practice the sport of surfing during the month of Ramadan, whether professionally, involving training and travel, or as a regular daily hobby?
Is it permissible to combine and delay the Maghrib and Isha prayers due to the doctor's clinic being far away and the fear of the Maghrib time expiring before reaching it, knowing that the journey began before the Maghrib adhan and the possibility of searching for a mosque existed, but the fear of missing the doctor's appointment prevented it? And if it is not permissible, what is the expiation?
What is the ruling on the separation of a couple due to the wife discovering indecent messages on her husband's phone, and his refusal to address the matter, which led to the wife going to her family's home, and the husband ignoring her and her pregnancy?
Is it permissible for a woman to complete her iddah in her home country after finishing her studies, in order to spend Ramadan with her family, given that her residency permit expires in August?
Is it permissible for the fiancée to fast the six days (of Shawwal) that were due upon her fiancé who died of an abdominal illness?
Is a traveler permitted to complete fasting until the Maghrib Adhan in his home country if his plane departs before Iftar in Ramadan, and when is he entitled to break his fast?
Must I fast in Ramadan despite successive surgeries, a miscarriage, severe bodily weakness, and my husband's refusal of my fasting?
Has the word "tourism" been mentioned in the Quran or Sunnah, and if so, how many times and in which surahs or hadiths? And what is the way to achieve religious commitment and reconcile the study of tourism with the principles of Islam, despite societal obstacles?
What is the ruling on a fasting person breaking their fast in Ramadan after their journey has ended, and not during it, especially since they have two homes in the areas of travel, and what is the expiation for this breaking of fast if it is not permissible?
What is the ruling binding upon the spouses who engaged in sexual intercourse during the daytime in the past Ramadan, knowing that the husband is seeking employment but has a good financial resource, and the wife is in her last month of pregnancy, and the length of the day in the country they reside in is 16 hours? Is it obligatory to fast the days consecutively? Should the wife fast at the same time? What is the value of the expiation that must be paid and is it possible to pay it in an Arab country? What is the legal ruling if the current fetus is a result of that intercourse?
Am I obligated to break my fast in Ramadan due to flank pain resulting from dehydration during my eighth month of pregnancy, given that there is no harm to the fetus, or should I intend to fast relying on God's help?
What should a woman do who broke her fast for 15 days in Ramadan 2009 due to illness, then broke her fast for the entirety of Ramadan 2010 due to pregnancy, breastfeeding, and loss of milk?
Are the fasts and prayers of one who watched films that led to the discharge of a fluid—where she does not know whether it is semen (maniyy) or pre-seminal fluid (madhiy)—acceptable? And must she make up the days on which this occurred with additional fasting days or perform ghusl? And is it permissible for her to fast before Ramadan given her impending travel?
What is the ruling on fasting for expiation: must it be continuous and uninterrupted, or may it be spread out over 60 days?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a married man who is compelled to travel frequently due to work, leaving his wife to care for the children, and he is unable to control himself during travel and fears falling into sin?
Can a woman's waiting period (iddah) be six months?
Is it permissible to abort a fetus after four months of pregnancy if Muslim doctors determine there are probabilities such as fetal death inside the womb, or its birth with deformities, or its attachment to the uterine wall, after exhausting all treatment methods for low amniotic fluid levels, and with concern for the mother's well-being? What is the jurisprudential ruling on this act and its consequences?
If I am fasting while I am sick, am I allowed to have intercourse with my wife?
Must I make up the days I missed in Ramadan due to surgery, or is it permissible to offer a Fidyah for them, and if Fidyah is permissible, what is its amount in Qatar?
What is the ruling on and punishment for an unmarried woman who becomes pregnant, and upon whom among the parents does the right fall?
What is the interpretation of the Noble Verse: (And upon those who can afford it, a ransom of feeding a poor person)?