Suhoor and Iftar
- Is the fast of one who ate suhoor after dawn broke, due to a mistake in the clock's timing, permissible?
- Assalamu Alaykum. What is the ruling on someone who ate their suhoor after the adhan?
- Is it permissible for someone who intended to fast a make-up day (qada') to break their fast if sleep overwhelmed them, preventing them from having suhoor, and they fear fainting from hunger?
- What is the value of the expiation required for someone who broke their fast due to illness out of necessity, and does this expiation cover both the iftar (breaking of the fast) and the suhoor (pre-dawn meal), or only the iftar?
- Does waking up for Suhoor count as the intention for fasting?
- Is a girl's fasting valid if she intended to fast on the first night of Ramadan but forgot to specify the intention to fast before Fajr due to her preoccupation with her grandfather's death, knowing that she had suhoor with the intention of fasting?
- What is the ruling on hesitating to complete the fast after stopping the suhoor a minute before the dawn adhan, with doubt about the accuracy of the adhan's timing?
- Does swallowing food stuck in the throat after suhoor or swallowing the moisture remaining in the mouth from water drunk before the Fajr athan break one's fast?
- What is the ruling on partaking of the suhoor meal approximately 15 minutes before sunrise, based on the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)?
- Is it possible to apply the Prophetic Sunnah in determining the times of Iftar (breaking fast) and Suhoor (pre-dawn meal), or must astronomical calculations be followed, especially with the clear signs of sunset and the appearance of true dawn?
- Is breaking the fast today considered a sin, due to inadvertently not eating the iftar or suhoor yesterday?
- Is it permissible to swallow saliva that has changed due to food residue after Suhoor, with the intention of moistening the throat and enjoying it? And is it obligatory to make up for the days on which this occurred due to ignorance of the ruling?
- Is it permissible for a young man who is unable to marry and whose fasting does not quell his sexual desire, to increase his fasting by fasting without a pre-dawn meal (suhoor) or by delaying breaking his fast until the 'Ishā' call to prayer, due to the intensity of his sexual desire which has overcome his hunger?
- Is a compensatory fast considered valid if the intention was not explicitly made overnight, and merely the intention to have suhoor and fast was sufficient?
- Is the fast of one who ate a few dates after suhoor but did not drink water, and the trace of the dates remained in his throat, and then he felt its taste with his saliva throughout the day, valid, or does he have to make up for it?
- Does taking time-release caffeine capsules invalidate the fast?
- What should one do if Satan whispers to him that he has broken his fast while he is fasting during the daytime in Ramadan, after he had intended to fast from the night?
- What is the ruling on my suhoor after hearing a sound resembling the adhan, while being certain that the time for Fajr has begun, and continuing to eat until I hear the adhan clearly?
- Is it true that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, encouraged eating an odd number of dates when breaking the fast, and how many dates would that be? And what were the foods and drinks that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, regularly consumed for Suhoor and Iftar in Ramadan?
- What is the ruling regarding a fasting person swallowing remnants of the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) found in their mouth after waking up?
- Is one who is required to listen to the Adhan excused from doing so if he is eating at the time of the Maghrib or Fajr Adhan?
- Does the lingering taste of coffee in the mouth after Suhoor, and occasionally tasting it, invalidate the fast?
- Is it obligatory to make up for the days following the day of breaking the intention in Ramadan, given that their number or dates are unknown, and there is no certainty about renewing the intention therein, and does this entail offering expiation?
- Is limiting the suhoor to water considered suhoor?