Ramadan Basics
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Does water entering the throat during sniffing in wudu – despite not exaggerating and trying to avoid it – break the fast of a fasting person in Ramadan, and what are the implications for the days in which this occurred with doubt?
Must I fast for sixty days or feed sixty poor people after having intercourse with my wife in Ramadan during the first days of our marriage, knowing that a suckling buffalo was slaughtered and distributed to the poor?
Does the expiation of one who fed the poor, believing it permissible to choose feeding over fasting, then learned of the obligation of continuous fasting as expiation for breaking the Ramadan fast by intercourse, become nullified?
Must one make up for the days in which one masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan, and does the Hadith, "Raised from my Ummah are error, forgetfulness, and what they are coerced into," include one who is ignorant of the ruling?
What is incumbent upon one who broke her fast on days during Ramadan—some with a valid excuse and some without—and did not make them up, and then forgot their number? And is it permissible for her to give charity instead of fasting?
Is it obligatory for a sick and unconscious grandmother to make up the fast of Ramadan, especially since doctors have despaired of her recovery?
- Does bathing in an outdoor swimming pool during Ramadan break the fast?
Is it permissible to intentionally break the fast on a day in Ramadan and then fast two non-consecutive months as expiation for that?
Does Hajj expiate all sins, including not fasting Ramadan and major sins, and does the prescribed punishment (hadd) for the offender fall away if Hajj expiates major sins?
How to fast six days of Shawwal?
Does the emission of "madhy" after looking at an immodestly dressed girl necessitate making up a day of Ramadan, or a greater expiation?
Is it obligatory to make up or offer expiation for someone who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan out of ignorance, and then repented from that?
What is the ruling on one who practiced video sex during the daytime in Ramadan? Does he owe both making up the days (qada') and expiation (kaffarah), or only making up the days?
Who was the first person to fast in Islam?
What is the ruling on ejaculating by hand-play during fasting due to ignorance of the ruling?
What are the pillars that were made obligatory for Muslims in the second year of the Hijra?
Does performing a semen analysis during the daytime in Ramadan—due to the necessity of the test and the nighttime curfew—break the fast?
Is it permissible to undergo various dental treatments—such as root canal filling, post placement, and crown fitting—while fasting in Ramadan, given that it is not possible to go during the time of Iftar, and does anything reaching the throat unintentionally invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling regarding someone who broke their fast in Ramadan by intimately engaging with a housemaid without marriage, at the age of 17?
Does the expiation (kaffarah) fall away from one who had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, then paid money for the expiation, then fasted for 80 days after about five years?
I vowed to fast for three days, but I didn't fast until Ramadan arrived. What should I do?
Am I obligated to make up for and offer expiation for committing adultery before dawn on a Ramadan night and then breaking my fast that morning? And what should I do to repent of this sin?
What is entailed for one who intentionally masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan for two consecutive days, after watching pornographic content, and is he only required to fast for two days, or does he owe expiation, and what is it?
Does going to the bathroom in Ramadan break the fast?