Ramadan Basics
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Is it permissible to fast for someone who has an unavoidable dental appointment during the daytime in Ramadan, with the possibility of receiving a local anesthetic injection and some calculus spray reaching the throat?
What is the ruling on food repeatedly and involuntarily returning to the throat during Ramadan?
Does watching pornography during the daytime in Ramadan break the fast, and is the fast of one who does that valid?
Is it permissible to rinse the mouth and gargle with water to alleviate dryness of the mouth and throat during the Ramadan fast, and does that affect the validity of the fast if the fasting person feels something has been swallowed after expelling the water?
Does a wet dream, whether intentional or unintentional, invalidate the fast and necessitate breaking it, or is it permissible to complete the fast?
What is the expiation for intercourse with one's wife during Ramadan before Iftar unintentionally?
ما هي كفارة العامل والمقيم في بلد غير مسلم؟
Is refraining from eating and drinking in Ramadan based on listening to the Holy Quran Radio, or on the adhan of the neighboring mosque? And what is the ruling if I drank water while the adhan was being broadcast on the radio, but the adhan had not yet been called in the mosque?
What is the ruling on a husband having intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan and repeating that for several days while completing the fast, and is the expiation (kaffarah) binding on the husband alone or on both spouses together?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who read in a book about sexual intercourse and involuntarily experienced ejaculation during the daytime in Ramadan?
Does fondling a male cousin during the daytime in Ramadan—without ejaculation, penetration, or kissing—invalidate the fast and necessitate expiation?
What is the ruling on intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan without the husband knowing the type of expiation, and does feeding sixty poor people have to be on one day, and what is its value?
What should a man do who doubts the obligation to make up a day from last Ramadan, knowing that tomorrow is the first day of the current Ramadan?
What must someone who masturbated during a Ramadan day do? And how can a male experience a wet dream?
Must one complete fasting a day on which one practiced masturbation while fasting, and is it necessary to make up for this day?
Is playing chess forbidden? And does playing billiards online in Ramadan invalidate the fast and is impermissible?
Is it permissible to take pills or apply patches to reduce appetite during Ramadan?
Do you have to make up the fast for someone who intended to fast to make up for Ramadan but did not complete it?
Does a wife owe expiation if she engages in a private phone conversation of a sexual nature with her traveling husband during Ramadan until she becomes aroused?
What is the amount of expiation for intentionally breaking the fast for three days in Ramadan, while delaying both the make-up fast (qada') and the expiation (kaffarah), knowing that fasting was obligatory and possible?
What is the expiation for someone who deliberately swore falsely by Allah during the daytime in Ramadan while fasting, and what is the ruling on their fast?
What is the ruling on one who vomited involuntarily during a Ramadan day, then drank coffee, thinking her fast was broken?
Am I required to offer the expiation (kaffarah) of fasting three days for each day I failed to memorize the Quran, based on my oath to complete its memorization by the end of Ramadan at a rate of a quarter of a juz' as a maximum and one page as a minimum daily?
What is incumbent upon a man who has intercourse with his wife on two separate days during the daylight hours of Ramadan? Is he obligated to fast for four consecutive months, or to feed 120 needy persons? Is embarrassment from continuous fasting considered a valid excuse to switch to feeding? And how is feeding 60 needy persons carried out, or its value paid to a specific entity?