Ramadan Basics
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Does using ointment or cream for hemorrhoids, internally or externally, in Ramadan break the fast and necessitate making up for it?
Does kohl and women's makeup break the fast during Ramadan, or not?
What is the ruling regarding a pregnant woman who is unable to fast due to fear for her fetus, and does she have to make up those days after childbirth, and when should the expiation (kaffarah) be paid if it is due?
What is the ruling on inhaling the air coming from a desert air cooler, which operates with water to humidify the air, while fasting?
Is the month of Ramadan exclusive to the Islamic nation, or did it exist among previous nations?
Is it obligatory to make up the day a traveler missed fasting in Turkey, given the differences in moon sightings and a 30-day fast in Egypt?
What should one do who is afflicted with frequent daily masturbation in Ramadan?
If a man fainted while he was fasting, does his fast become void?
Does a lumbar puncture, which involves inserting a needle into the spinal column to extract cerebrospinal fluid, break the fast of someone fasting during the day in Ramadan?
Does a small amount of vomit – which is between spitting and vomiting – invalidate the fast?
Why don't Muslims unite in determining the beginning and end of the month of Ramadan, and how can they achieve this unity?
What is the ruling on someone who ate, thinking that the Fajr adhan had not yet been called, then stopped eating upon hearing the adhan, whether it was for an obligatory fast like Ramadan, a compensatory fast, an oath, or other types of obligatory fasts, or for a supererogatory fast?
Does sin befall the one who makes coffee for an old woman—sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious—during the day in Ramadan, after informing her that it is Ramadan?
Does a fast become void by completing a wet dream manually after drops of semen have been released and a pain is felt in the testicle?
How can the Ramadan crescent moon be sighted with the naked eye, while observatories and modern instruments are unable to see it on the same night?
What is the ruling on using "shamah" (chewing tobacco) which is placed inside the mouth under the lower lip for a fasting person? Does it break the fast, and what is incumbent upon one who used it during the Ramadan fast to treat anxiety? Is he required to make up the fast or offer expiation?
Is it permissible for a kidney patient who has been medically prohibited from fasting to engage in sexual intercourse with his Christian wife during the daytime in Ramadan?
Does anything descend from the male discharge - either mani (seminal fluid) or madhi (pre-ejaculatory fluid) - without lust during the daytime in Ramadan after interacting with women, invalidate the fast?
Does committing the abomination of the people of Lut during a Ramadan day necessitate expiation (kaffarah) for both the perpetrator and the one upon whom it was perpetrated? Is ignorance of the expiation considered? And is penetration required for the expiation to be obligatory?
What is the expiation for intercourse, eating, and inserting a finger into the vagina during the daytime in Ramadan, given that she was unaware of the invalidation of the fast and was negligent in performing the expiation until the next Ramadan overtook her?
Must a husband and wife make up for (the fast) and offer expiation if intercourse occurred during the daytime in Ramadan without ejaculation, and then the husband doubted whether a very small amount of fluid that he did not know was semen or prostatic fluid had exited?
My husband had intercourse with me one day while I was observing a compensatory fast. Am I liable for anything?
ما هي كفارة الجماع في نهار رمضان ومقدار الإطعام فيها؟
Does swallowing a lot of saliva while reciting the Quran in the mosque invalidate the fast of a fasting person in Ramadan?