Ramadan Basics
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Is it obligatory to fast for two months as expiation for someone who kissed and fondled his fiancée during a Ramadan day, without ejaculation or seeing the private parts?
Does the fast of one who has a wet dream during the day in Ramadan after masturbating in a dream, while being aware of it, become invalidated?
What is the ruling on practicing masturbation due to being away from one's wife, and what is the ruling on sexual intercourse that occurred during the daytime in Ramadan without full penetration? Does it necessitate the severe expiation (kaffarah mughalladhah) or merely making up the day? Is the expiation on a sequential or elective basis, and what should someone do if they cannot find a slave to emancipate given their difficult working conditions?
Does the fast of one who intentionally has a wet dream during a Ramadan daytime become invalidated?
Is it permissible to adopt other madhhabs (schools of thought) that do not necessitate kaffarah (expiation) for masturbating during the daytime in Ramadan, for someone residing in a country that follows the Maliki madhhab, which mandates both qada' (making up the fast) and kaffarah?
Is it permissible to "takhreet" (blurt out, talk nonsense) in Ramadan?
Is swallowing some blood intentionally after trying to expel it for hours considered a fast-breaker, and is it obligatory to make up the fast on the second day of Shawwal or on any day before the coming Ramadan?
Must a girl, ten years of age, whose parents prevented her from fasting the entire Ramadan, make up the days she did not fast?
Is it permissible for a new Muslim to gradually accustom himself to fasting, similar to how children are gradually introduced to it? And is there a fatwa regarding this?
What is the ruling on one who watched pornographic films during the day in Ramadan, then closed them and watched a clip of a boy resembling girls – a "third gender" – which caused him to ejaculate, knowing that he has repented?
Is it obligatory to make up the first day of Ramadan 2013 due to an error in determining its beginning and breaking the fast on it?
Is it obligatory to fast two consecutive months as expiation for each of the two days during Ramadan when I masturbated and broke my fast because of it, knowing that I was ignorant of the ruling at first, and I desire certainty?
What is the ruling on the fast of one from whom semen or pre-seminal fluid is emitted due to looking at pornographic images or films in Ramadan, and does the ruling differ in Ramadan from outside of it?
Is it permissible to complete the fast after inadvertently cursing during Ramadan?
Does feeling a slight taste and sting after using a face cleanser during the day in Ramadan affect the fast, or does feeling the taste of book pages after putting a finger on them and then licking it [affect the fast]?
Is touching the penis and stimulating orgasm without penetration in Ramadan considered zina (fornication) that necessitates the hadd punishment for zina?
What is the ruling on a husband swearing falsely to his wife to avoid problems with her? And what is the ruling on someone who broke their fast on the twenty-ninth day of Ramadan based on an official announcement, and then it became clear that Ramadan was thirty days?
Is expiation obligatory upon the couple if the husband has intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan despite her refusal, claiming he could not control himself, and then drank water afterwards, and is the wife's fast invalidated in this situation?
Does a girl's conversation with young men during the day in Ramadan invalidate her fast and require her to make up the days, given that she does not remember the number of days?
Is there another way to atone for the sin of sexual intercourse during Ramadan besides fasting for two consecutive months? And is a separate expiation required for each instance of intercourse?
Is expiation or making up (the fast) obligatory upon a young man who ruined two days of Ramadan due to his addiction to "hot calls" and the emission of semen?
Must one repent from the thoughts and whisperings that come to a Muslim during Ramadan, in which he might feel that he intended to disbelieve or break his fast?
What is the ruling on the brown discharge that occurred while taking menstrual delay pills during Ramadan, and what is the validity of the fasting, and is making up for it obligatory?
What is the ruling on intentionally swallowing something tasteless that enters the mouth and is swallowed during the day in Ramadan, even though it is not visible to the eye?