Ramadan Basics

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What is the ruling on a group of Arab students in India fasting based on the Saudi sighting [of the moon], after India has already predetermined Ramadan without seeking to sight the crescent, while some other students are fasting according to India's timing?
Does re-performing ablution during the day in Ramadan due to doubt about passing wind invalidate the fast because of ingesting more water than usual? And does swallowing saliva mixed with dust invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on watching television during Ramadan and at other times? Does excessive viewing of immoral channels invalidate the fast? What is your advice to young people during Ramadan?
Is it permissible to congratulate people on the advent of the month of Ramadan, or is that considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
Is fasting days with the intention: "I am fasting to fulfill my duty, but if this fast is not obligatory for me, then I am fasting it as a supererogatory act," sufficient for fulfilling the obligation, without precisely specifying the number of days?
Is it permissible to take food and drinks distributed by travelers at the time of breaking the fast in Ramadan, even if I have my own food for iftar?
Must I make up the days I broke my fast in Ramadan when I was young, along with expiation, or is it sufficient to just make them up and feed one needy person?
Is a woman permitted to break her fast during the daytime in Ramadan if she inserts a cotton swab to confirm ritual purity and finds on it very faint traces of blood, after she had already eaten and drunk, assuming she was pure?
What is the ruling on one who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan after puberty, being ignorant of its ruling for several years, then learned and stopped, but is unsure whether he did it after he learned or not?
Must a person who intentionally swallowed some of her saliva during the daytime in Ramadan while visiting the dentist, with a taste in her mouth, make up for that day, given that she did not swallow anything with a taste and did not intend to break her fast?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan to undergo an IVF procedure that requires breaking the the fast, and will Allah forgive us for that, and is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory?
Is it permissible to break the fast due to symptoms of the coronavirus vaccine with the intention of making up for the days after Ramadan?
How much flour (semolina) should be given as expiation for each day a Muslim intentionally broke their fast in Ramadan?
Is monetary expiation permissible for making up a Ramadan fast day on which a young man broke his fast by masturbating, given his inability to fast or to feed the poor, and what is its value in Egyptian currency?
What is the legal ruling for someone who broke their fast in Ramadan due to a doctor's advice to avoid a blood clot, kidney failure, or gallstone deposits after a sleeve gastrectomy?
What is required of one who broke their fast after puberty, thinking that puberty occurs at the age of 18?
If someone discovered something that invalidated their fast after the end of Ramadan, must they repeat fasting the previous Ramadan?
Must I make up days from last Ramadan because I watched movies containing inappropriate scenes and sometimes did not lower my gaze, and because I am unsure if semen or prostatic fluid was discharged, knowing that semen invalidates the fast?
Does one break their fast if they masturbate during a Ramadan day without the intention of ejaculation, then stop moments before ejaculation, and then semen is released a few seconds later?
هل شراء وبيع الخمر افتراضياً في الألعاب حرام ويبطل الصيام؟
What is the expiation for someone who had intercourse with his wife multiple times during the daytime in Ramadan, and he does not find a slave to free, and it is difficult for him to fast for two consecutive months, so should he feed sixty poor people?
هل يبطل الصيام في نهار رمضان بالنظر إلى فتاة بنية الزواج بها؟
Is the fast valid for someone who had a wet dream and semen was discharged during a Ramadan day, and does it entail making up the fast and expiation?
What is incumbent upon one who kissed and embraced a girl during the daytime in Ramadan until madhy was emitted, and then repented from that? Is expiation (kaffarah) required of him, or only making up the day (qadaa')?

Ramadan Basics

What is the ruling on a group of Arab students in India fasting based on the Saudi sighting [of the moon], after India has already predetermined Ramadan without seeking to sight the crescent, while some other students are fasting according to India's timing?

Does re-performing ablution during the day in Ramadan due to doubt about passing wind invalidate the fast because of ingesting more water than usual? And does swallowing saliva mixed with dust invalidate the fast?

What is the ruling on watching television during Ramadan and at other times? Does excessive viewing of immoral channels invalidate the fast? What is your advice to young people during Ramadan?

Is it permissible to congratulate people on the advent of the month of Ramadan, or is that considered an innovation (bid'ah)?

Is fasting days with the intention: "I am fasting to fulfill my duty, but if this fast is not obligatory for me, then I am fasting it as a supererogatory act," sufficient for fulfilling the obligation, without precisely specifying the number of days?

Is it permissible to take food and drinks distributed by travelers at the time of breaking the fast in Ramadan, even if I have my own food for iftar?

Must I make up the days I broke my fast in Ramadan when I was young, along with expiation, or is it sufficient to just make them up and feed one needy person?

Is a woman permitted to break her fast during the daytime in Ramadan if she inserts a cotton swab to confirm ritual purity and finds on it very faint traces of blood, after she had already eaten and drunk, assuming she was pure?

What is the ruling on one who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan after puberty, being ignorant of its ruling for several years, then learned and stopped, but is unsure whether he did it after he learned or not?

Must a person who intentionally swallowed some of her saliva during the daytime in Ramadan while visiting the dentist, with a taste in her mouth, make up for that day, given that she did not swallow anything with a taste and did not intend to break her fast?

Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan to undergo an IVF procedure that requires breaking the the fast, and will Allah forgive us for that, and is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory?

Is it permissible to break the fast due to symptoms of the coronavirus vaccine with the intention of making up for the days after Ramadan?

How much flour (semolina) should be given as expiation for each day a Muslim intentionally broke their fast in Ramadan?

Is monetary expiation permissible for making up a Ramadan fast day on which a young man broke his fast by masturbating, given his inability to fast or to feed the poor, and what is its value in Egyptian currency?

What is the legal ruling for someone who broke their fast in Ramadan due to a doctor's advice to avoid a blood clot, kidney failure, or gallstone deposits after a sleeve gastrectomy?

What is required of one who broke their fast after puberty, thinking that puberty occurs at the age of 18?

If someone discovered something that invalidated their fast after the end of Ramadan, must they repeat fasting the previous Ramadan?

Must I make up days from last Ramadan because I watched movies containing inappropriate scenes and sometimes did not lower my gaze, and because I am unsure if semen or prostatic fluid was discharged, knowing that semen invalidates the fast?

Does one break their fast if they masturbate during a Ramadan day without the intention of ejaculation, then stop moments before ejaculation, and then semen is released a few seconds later?

هل شراء وبيع الخمر افتراضياً في الألعاب حرام ويبطل الصيام؟

What is the expiation for someone who had intercourse with his wife multiple times during the daytime in Ramadan, and he does not find a slave to free, and it is difficult for him to fast for two consecutive months, so should he feed sixty poor people?

هل يبطل الصيام في نهار رمضان بالنظر إلى فتاة بنية الزواج بها؟

Is the fast valid for someone who had a wet dream and semen was discharged during a Ramadan day, and does it entail making up the fast and expiation?

What is incumbent upon one who kissed and embraced a girl during the daytime in Ramadan until madhy was emitted, and then repented from that? Is expiation (kaffarah) required of him, or only making up the day (qadaa')?