Ramadan Basics
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Does using a CPAP machine, which delivers continuous positive airway pressure and causes dry throat, and is equipped with a humidifier, break the fast in Ramadan?
Is there sin or expiation due upon one who committed sodomy while fasting at the age of 14, without ejaculation occurring, then repented sincerely and was ignorant of its expiation until a long time thereafter?
Is it permissible to masturbate before Ramadan to eliminate desire during Ramadan?
Is expiation obligatory for one who intentionally aroused his desires during the daytime in Ramadan, and a fluid was discharged from him, which he does not know whether it is semen or pre-seminal fluid?
Does applying powder to the face after shaving invalidate a man's fast during the daytime in Ramadan?
Is what occurs by way of ejaculation when lying on the stomach in a state between sleep and wakefulness considered masturbation, and does it invalidate the Ramadan daytime fast and necessitate making it up?
What is the ruling on sexual conversations between spouses via Messenger during the daytime in Ramadan, when the husband has been traveling for more than a year and a half?
Is there a specific age for children to fast Ramadan, and is it permissible for them to fast part of the day or to break their fast and then complete it?
What is the intention for fasting the obligatory fast of the month of Ramadan, for performance (adaa’) and not for making up (qadaa’), and should it be by saying to oneself silently, “I will fast tomorrow, performance of the obligatory fast of the month of Ramadan,” without moving the lips or tongue, or how should it be, and is there a concise wording for the intention?
Is saying "I wish there were two episodes together" about a TV series that airs during the daytime in Ramadan and shows actors drinking an energy drink in it, considered mockery that exits the fold of Islam?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on practicing masturbation, and does it differ in Ramadan, and how can one get rid of it?
Is he who ejaculates forgetfully after fondling his wife during a Ramadan day, while remembering that he is fasting, sinful?
What is the ruling regarding a husband having intercourse with his pregnant, fasting, unwilling wife during the daytime in Ramadan while he is fasting, knowing that she is due to give birth after the end of next Ramadan?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who inhaled food vapor while cooking in Ramadan, out of ignorance that it invalidates the fast, and this happened to her many times?
What is the ruling on someone who has forgotten the number of expiations (kaffarat) due upon him and wishes to fast them? And is it permissible to combine the intention of fasting for expiation with the intention of fasting for Ramadan?
Is expiation obligatory for a person and his wife after intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan while traveling, bearing in mind that they arrived at their destination on Monday and had intercourse after noon on the same day, and the questioner will depart alone on Thursday?
Must the questioner re-fast the day on which she vomited while reciting the Quran, knowing that the vomiting was a result of her attempt to remove something stuck in her throat?
Does swallowing something that came out of the nose and was then returned to the mouth during the daytime in Ramadan out of ignorance invalidate the fast, and is it obligatory to make up the days when this occurred?
Is expiation required for accompanying a young man—over the phone and during the daytime in Ramadan—in arousing his lust, without ejaculation, and is there a sin incurred by keeping a picture that was sent to him, and what are the consequences of that?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning someone who broke their fast while traveling to meet their Christian wife and had intercourse with her? Is he required to make up for the fast (qada'), or both make up for it and offer expiation (kufara)?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who fondled his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after Fajr, and inserted his finger into her vagina without emission from him or her; is his fast valid or invalid?
What is the expiation for having intercourse with one's wife during the daytime in Ramadan while traveling, knowing that the husband is traveling and not fasting, while the wife is a resident and fasting, and upon whom is the expiation incumbent?
What is obligatory for one who broke her fast during the day in Ramadan for a blood test and was unable to defecate until after breaking her fast, then she thought she had to make up the day but forgot about it until the next Ramadan came?
Does semen discharge, unintentionally released after masturbation without arousal, invalidate the fast?