What Breaks the Fast
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Is eating at night with the intention of fasting the next day considered to be an act of "tabyit" (establishing the intention) for the fast?
Is it obligatory to fast the three days as expiation for an oath, in addition to fasting the thirty days that were vowed?
What is the ruling on someone who broke their fast while traveling a distance of 600 km, and is obligated to fast two consecutive months as expiation?
Does the difficulty of finding ten poor people for the expiation of an oath justify moving to fasting?
Is continuity required when fasting for a مطلق vow, and is it permissible to interrupt it for a valid reason?
Is the impermissibility of having intercourse with one's wife specific only to a person fasting as an expiation for ẓihār, or does it include someone who fasts for sixty days as an expiation for unintentional killing?
Does answering "no" to the question "Are you fasting?" while having the intention to fast in one's heart, constitute breaking the fast?
Is it permissible to fast for several months as an act of devotion to Allah and as a means of seeking His intercession to fulfill a need, taking into account the virtue of fasting and the acceptance of supplication therein?
What is the ruling on repeatedly doing something I swore by the Qur'an to abandon, and what is required of me concerning this oath?
Is the fast of a patient with atrophy of the nasal sinuses and migraines, who uses nasal drops and sometimes vomits, valid if she offers expiation for the entire month?
Is a make-up fast obligatory for one who vomited unintentionally, while doubting having swallowed something from it? And is it obligatory to wipe off saliva remaining on the lips after spitting for a fasting or Wudu-performing woman, or is it excused?
What is the expiation for a single oath for someone who broke their oath and whose monthly salary is 1400 Egyptian pounds: Is it feeding ten poor people or fasting three days?
What is the ruling on someone who swore to abandon a sin, then committed it, then expiated for it by fasting but did not complete the fast of expiation, then fell into the same sin again? Is he obligated to repeat the expiation? And is swearing to abandon sins an ill-placed piety that resembles the Children of Israel?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to donate the reward of his fasting to someone untrustworthy in narrating hadith, such as Yazid al-Raqashi, who cried at the time of death saying: "Who will pray for you, Yazid, when you die? And who will fast for you?"?
What is the ruling on fasting in the following cases: swallowing phlegm from the back of the throat when one is able to expel it; a thin liquid flowing from the nose into the throat; feeling the taste of blood from a lip wound without seeing blood, then its increase; intentionally swallowing thick saliva resulting from intense crying; feeling a strange taste in the mouth after a small amount of blood comes from the gums while brushing teeth, without it being the taste of blood or leaving any trace in the saliva; a change in the taste of saliva after biting the lip; and a change in the taste of saliva and swallowing it after putting a finger in the mouth to remove food particles, or not being sure if something stuck between the molars was swallowed?
What is the ruling on clear, thin discharges that exit without desire? Are they maniyy, madhiy, or wadiyy? What is their effect on fasting, and how should one purify oneself from them?
Is it permissible to count the sixty consecutive days of fasting as expiation for breaking the fast of the entire month of Ramadan five years after puberty, and must it begin at the start of a Hijri month, and is this expiation sufficient?
Is expiation required for ejaculation that occurred while fasting after a penis was fondled by another person in a club, knowing that the penis was not erect? And if it is required, is it permissible to send the expiation to Somalia?
Can an elderly man, who is unable to fast and relies on charity, feed a single needy person after obtaining money to complete the expiation for breaking an oath? What is the amount of feeding for expiation of an oath and for the redemption of fasting? Is the expiation for swearing an oath given precedence over the redemption for Ramadan?
Is refusing to intentionally break the fast in Ramadan in exchange for obtaining residency, work, and marriage the correct answer, or is breaking the fast for one day to achieve these matters, which help preserve one's faith and perform righteous deeds, better in times of tribulation?
Does the fasting of the two consecutive months for expiation become interrupted if the fasting person has a wet dream with a romantic aspect and then continues it in their imagination, leading to the discharge of a water-like fluid with a faint odor, knowing that the fasting person did not intend the discharge and there was no indecency in the imagination?
Does biting one's lips while fasting invalidate the fast?
Is the expiation for marital intimacy on one day during Ramadan sixty days of fasting, or two days of fasting out of the sixty days? And what is the ruling on breaking the fast for more than one day during Ramadan?
Does the fasting of one who felt a contraction in his genital organ and doubted the emission of semen after hearing an ordinary word, then found a yellow color on his clothes, become invalidated?