What Breaks the Fast

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Does intentional masturbation, with the emission of semen, during the daytime in Ramadan, invalidate the fast, knowing that it does not weaken the body and expels desire?
Must one make up or offer expiation for masturbating out of ignorance of its prohibition while fasting an obligatory fast? And does masturbation invalidate the fast, and what is the ruling on one who ejaculates while fasting merely by seeing or thinking of something that incites lust?
Is the fast valid for one who intended to fast absolutely without specifying the type of fast, and is it obligatory to restart the expiatory fast from the beginning?
Is the opening in the upper palate inside the mouth considered part of the throat? Does cleaning the nose by inhaling water that enters the mouth invalidate the fast? Does this entail making up the fast (qada') or offering expiation (kaffarah)?
Does swallowing salty saliva after performing ablution with salty water invalidate the fast, given that no tissue was available to spit it out? And what is the ruling on this issue?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who involuntarily experiences a wet dream after Fajr during a Ramadan day, and is expiation required of him?
What should I do if I swore to fast for a hundred days if I did a certain thing, then I did that unintentionally? Do I fast for three days or a hundred?
Does insulting others invalidate the fast in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on using clindamycin to treat acne during the fasting period?
What is the ruling on looking at the laws written on the walls of the examination hall, knowing that the writer is not the questioner?
What is the ruling on feeding a needy person for each day for a mentally ill wife who missed 28 days of Ramadan due to her illness, and she refuses to feed and insists on making up the days, and is it permissible to feed them all at once without her knowledge?
Is it obligatory to rinse the mouth after spitting out food remnants or pieces of skin, or is it sufficient to spit them out and swallow the saliva? And do these pieces, or phlegm mixed with blood, break the fast if swallowed? And is there a difference between spitting out water after rinsing the mouth for ablution and spitting it out after rinsing for cleaning?
Is the fast valid if a fasting person ate while a muezzin far from his neighborhood was giving the adhan, then swallowed the food immediately after the takbirat al-ihram, and then a nearby mosque gave the adhan?
What is incumbent upon a man who intentionally engaged in sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after he had been unconscious, then regained consciousness and completed the intercourse?
What is the ruling on one who swore in writing on his mobile phone not to commit a specific sin, and then committed it?
What is the ruling regarding the days I missed fasting in Ramadan due to ignorance of reaching puberty and the obligation to fast?
Does swallowing the moisture from rinsing the mouth, which has a metallic taste, invalidate the fast?
How is it possible to combine fasting on alternate days (the fast of Prophet Ayyub, peace be upon him) with fasting on Mondays and Thursdays (the fast of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him)? And is it permissible to fast for an entire week except for one or two days?
If a fasting person swallows the lime that has formed on their teeth, does that break their fast?
Does wiping the vagina with a finger to ensure no discharge is present invalidate the fast?
Does swallowing something that gets stuck in one's throat after rinsing one's mouth, when it is impossible to spit it out, break the fast?
Is a girl who ate and drank during the last days of her Ramadan menstrual cycle, then became pure in the evening, considered to have deliberately broken her fast, knowing that she was unaware of the obligation to fast immediately after the cessation of blood?
Does the fasting person break their fast if they put water in their mouth to feel its coolness, and a small amount of it unintentionally enters their stomach?
What should I do regarding a person whom I sprinkled with water in Ramadan and he thought it entered his throat?

What Breaks the Fast

Does intentional masturbation, with the emission of semen, during the daytime in Ramadan, invalidate the fast, knowing that it does not weaken the body and expels desire?

Must one make up or offer expiation for masturbating out of ignorance of its prohibition while fasting an obligatory fast? And does masturbation invalidate the fast, and what is the ruling on one who ejaculates while fasting merely by seeing or thinking of something that incites lust?

Is the fast valid for one who intended to fast absolutely without specifying the type of fast, and is it obligatory to restart the expiatory fast from the beginning?

Is the opening in the upper palate inside the mouth considered part of the throat? Does cleaning the nose by inhaling water that enters the mouth invalidate the fast? Does this entail making up the fast (qada') or offering expiation (kaffarah)?

Does swallowing salty saliva after performing ablution with salty water invalidate the fast, given that no tissue was available to spit it out? And what is the ruling on this issue?

What is the ruling on the fast of one who involuntarily experiences a wet dream after Fajr during a Ramadan day, and is expiation required of him?

What should I do if I swore to fast for a hundred days if I did a certain thing, then I did that unintentionally? Do I fast for three days or a hundred?

Does insulting others invalidate the fast in Ramadan?

What is the ruling on using clindamycin to treat acne during the fasting period?

What is the ruling on looking at the laws written on the walls of the examination hall, knowing that the writer is not the questioner?

What is the ruling on feeding a needy person for each day for a mentally ill wife who missed 28 days of Ramadan due to her illness, and she refuses to feed and insists on making up the days, and is it permissible to feed them all at once without her knowledge?

Is the fast valid if a fasting person ate while a muezzin far from his neighborhood was giving the adhan, then swallowed the food immediately after the takbirat al-ihram, and then a nearby mosque gave the adhan?

What is incumbent upon a man who intentionally engaged in sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after he had been unconscious, then regained consciousness and completed the intercourse?

What is the ruling on one who swore in writing on his mobile phone not to commit a specific sin, and then committed it?

What is the ruling regarding the days I missed fasting in Ramadan due to ignorance of reaching puberty and the obligation to fast?

Does swallowing the moisture from rinsing the mouth, which has a metallic taste, invalidate the fast?

How is it possible to combine fasting on alternate days (the fast of Prophet Ayyub, peace be upon him) with fasting on Mondays and Thursdays (the fast of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him)? And is it permissible to fast for an entire week except for one or two days?

If a fasting person swallows the lime that has formed on their teeth, does that break their fast?

Does wiping the vagina with a finger to ensure no discharge is present invalidate the fast?

Does swallowing something that gets stuck in one's throat after rinsing one's mouth, when it is impossible to spit it out, break the fast?

Is a girl who ate and drank during the last days of her Ramadan menstrual cycle, then became pure in the evening, considered to have deliberately broken her fast, knowing that she was unaware of the obligation to fast immediately after the cessation of blood?

Does the fasting person break their fast if they put water in their mouth to feel its coolness, and a small amount of it unintentionally enters their stomach?

What should I do regarding a person whom I sprinkled with water in Ramadan and he thought it entered his throat?