Ramadan Basics
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Does inhaling perfumes while fasting break the fast?
Is it obligatory to make up the days during which a young man and a young woman engaged in foreplay via Facebook during the daylight hours of Ramadan, with the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhiy), especially since this occurred during the last ten days of Ramadan?
What is the ruling regarding a man having sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, and what are the conditions for the necessary expiation?
What is the ruling on using lipstick ("rouge") during the daytime in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on changing the intention of fasting from obligatory to supererogatory after having started it?
Is it obligatory for me to fast the entire month of Ramadan after childbirth, breastfeeding, and childcare in Western countries, or is it permissible for me to pay a monetary fidyah for it?
Does the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in one country obligate other countries, and if each country has its own crescent, what is the relationship of the political borders of countries to astronomical and geographical matters?
If someone vowed to fast without specifying a time, or swore an oath and did not fulfill it, and then Ramadan began, is he required to feed a poor person for each day along with fasting, or is feeding sufficient and fasting is waived, or can he fast whenever he wishes and feeding is not required?
What is the ruling on one who has intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan (while both are fasting) without ejaculation?
Am I obligated to shackle myself in chains in order to fast Ramadan, despite being afflicted by a demonic touch that controls my body and prevents me from fasting?
Does stimulating oneself during the daytime in Ramadan, resulting in the unintentional emission of semen with less than the usual stimulation, invalidate the fast and necessitate expiation?
Are Ramadan baskets (uncooked foodstuffs distributed to the poor) considered in the same ruling as meals for breaking the fast?
Does the unintentional browsing of sinful scenes constitute a breach of the oath I took on the Qur'an to abandon them, and how can I expiate this oath in Ramadan, knowing that I have not reached the age that permits me to feed the poor?
What is the ruling on making up an unknown number of days from Ramadan, due to the questioner's ignorance of the impermissibility of nocturnal emissions while fasting, along with his repentance for that?
Does the insertion of a flexible endoscope tube – lubricated with a slippery substance – into the nose and pharynx, and the use of an anesthetic spray in the throat to facilitate that, invalidate the fast of a fasting person?
Does using toothpaste to clean the mouth during the daytime in Ramadan invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on masturbating in Ramadan regarding the fast and prayers, and what must one who did it out of ignorance do, then repeated it intentionally, and what are the characteristics of mani (spermatic fluid) and madhy (pre-seminal fluid)?
Must I fast the day I suspect I broke my fast on during the last Ramadan before the current Ramadan begins, knowing that the intention for the fast was made during the day and not at night?
Does one expiation become obligatory, or several expiations, for one who engaged in intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan on several days and forgot their number? And does he transition to feeding [the poor] due to the multitude of fasts? And what is the ruling for one who adopted the view of the obligation of expiation in a state of obsessive doubt?
Is it permissible to complete a compensatory fast after a husband has intercourse while he had forgotten it was dawn? And does this entail expiation?
What should a young man who broke his fast in Ramadan by sodomy—Allah forbid such a thing—and now wishes to repent, do to clear his conscience: should he complete the fragmented expiatory fasting, or what else?
What is the ruling on placing a paper towel in the anus to expel feces during Ramadan, and what is the evidence for the impurity of water used for istinja' that enters the inner part of the private parts and invalidates ablution, taking into account the difference in bathroom layouts and their effect on the ease of ablution?
What is the ruling on inserting part of the glans into the vagina with a barrier present during Ramadan?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who committed the sin of masturbation during the day in Ramadan out of ignorance, and is expiation by feeding or fasting required of him?