Ramadan Basics
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Is it permissible to go to public bathhouses and have massage sessions in Ramadan, while the 'awrah is exposed in front of the masseur and others, and does that affect the fast?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the military leadership's order to break the fast for 25 days in Ramadan for the purpose of preparing for a dangerous mission?
Does breaking one's fast on the day of Eid invalidate a two-month continuous fast, of which one month was observed before Ramadan, then Ramadan, then Shawwal?
Does swallowing the taste of the siwak (the water that is in it) during a Ramadan day break the fast?
What is the ruling on masturbation, and what is the ruling on the prayers and fasting of one who used to practice it out of ignorance of its ruling?
Is the fasting of the entire month of Ramadan accepted if adultery occurs on one of its days after breaking the fast?
هل كانت الأمم السابقة تمتنع عن الأكل والشراب في صيامها؟
What is the method for sniffing water into the nose (istishāq) and expelling it (istinthār) during ablution for a fasting person, and does it differ in Ramadan compared to other times?
What is the ruling on a husband fondling his wife in Ramadan until semen is discharged, given the existence of a legitimate Shari excuse that permits breaking the fast?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the emission of fluid—either pre-seminal or seminal—as a result of a text conversation with a girl during the daytime in Ramadan, and what are the consequences of that?
What is the ruling on using sexual stimulants to increase pleasure while breaking the fast during Ramadan?
Is sudden ejaculation during foreplay with a divorced woman in the daytime in Ramadan considered a grave sin that necessitates expiation and supplication?
Must one make up the day if one replies to insults during the daytime in Ramadan, or is expiation required, or is repentance sufficient?
When is it permissible for a traveler to break their fast if they depart from the Philippines at noon during Ramadan, the journey to Saudi Arabia takes nine hours, and there are still four hours remaining until the time of Iftar in the Philippines?
Does the cupper break his fast outside of Ramadan if he was fasting and performed cupping for someone else?
What is the ruling on one who, while fasting in Ramadan, swallowed the saliva of a foreign woman out of ignorance of the ruling, then later learned that this invalidates the fast? Is he required to make up that day, and what about his repentance?
Should one remind a fasting person who has forgotten in Ramadan, knowing that Allah has fed him and given him drink, and does the same ruling apply to voluntary fasting?
What is the ruling on communal iftar in Ramadan? And what is the ruling on it outside of Ramadan?
What is the ruling on someone who broke their fast in Ramadan out of ignorance of the ruling on breaking the fast, then learned of it years later—do they owe both expiation and make-up, or make-up only?
What is the ruling regarding a man who looked at a woman during Ramadan? Is his fast valid or not?
Is a man permitted to have intercourse with his wife after breaking the fast in Ramadan?
Is it permissible to use a Siwak stick during the daytime in Ramadan, knowing that some people might experience a little bleeding?
Does taking nutritional supplements (such as slow-release protein, which takes 8 hours to be absorbed) in Ramadan, several hours before Fajr, break the fast?
What is the expiation for masturbating during the daytime in Ramadan for an eighteen-year-old, and is it permissible to switch to feeding sixty poor people if fasting for two consecutive months is difficult, and is it permissible for the fasting not to be consecutive if that is what is obligatory?