What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
What is the way to get rid of the habit of collecting and expelling salivary fluid (spitting) during fasting, which has become involuntary and causes distress and isolation?
Is it permissible to break one's fast to take a painkiller for a severe headache resulting from weeping and longing for the deceased?
Is fasting made up for when it is difficult due to the long hours of daylight in Western countries?
Is it permissible to pay the expiatory fast (kaffarat al-siyam) in cash to facilitate it for the payer, and is it permissible to combine expiatory funds to prepare communal iftar meals?
Is it permissible for a pregnant woman in her fourth month, whose husband forbids her from fasting out of fear for her and their child, to disobey her husband and fast, and should she perform Tarawih prayers if she breaks her fast?
Is expiation obligatory for someone who swore not to forgive his sister and then recanted and wished to forgive her?
Is it necessary to make up the day for one who swallowed phlegm residue after it reached the mouth area, due to the inability to expel it?
Is a menstrual period considered to be such if it starts with very light red spotting on the first day, then turns dark brown on the second day, then becomes red again on the third day? And is fasting obligatory in this situation?
Is expiation obligatory for someone who had intercourse during the day in Ramadan, being ignorant of its prohibition, and had intended to break their fast before intercourse?
Does the accident that resulted in the death of the mother and brother, coupled with stress, distraction, and a claim of inability to fast, necessitate expiation?
What is the ruling on making up and offering expiation for someone who broke their fast for seven days in Ramadan 2011 due to the long daylight hours in Britain, and three days in Ramadan 2012 due to illness, knowing that they are now in good health?
What should a Muslim do who resides in a non-Muslim country and is unable to fast due to the order of a trustworthy non-Muslim doctor because of taking daily medication for blood pressure and heart conditions? Is he obligated to offer expiation (kaffarah)? And how exactly is this expiation to be given? Is it to be given daily during Ramadan or is it permissible after Ramadan? Is it permissible to give it to a single person? And is it permissible to pay money to buy food and then distribute it to the poor?
What is the ruling on doubting the swallowing of something that breaks the fast during Ramadan, and how should one form the intention for making up a fast from Ramadan?
Is it obligatory to make up the fast for someone who felt like vomiting and it reached their throat, so they swallowed their saliva fearing that their fast would be invalidated, knowing that they did not intentionally vomit?
Should multiple expiations for oaths be observed consecutively, or should there be a three-day break between each?
Is it permissible for a fasting person to swallow something smaller than a fava bean, and does that break the fast? Is it permissible to swallow residual water after rinsing the mouth and spitting? And what is the ruling on water entering a child's (i.e. penis') opening, and does that invalidate the fast?
Should I wait until I possess sufficient money to pay the expiation for an oath, given that I fasted three days for each oath because I was unaware of the priority of payment, and my current available money is my school allowance?
Is it permissible to feed the poor on behalf of one's wife instead of her fasting 30 days, given that she is currently unable to fast because she is breastfeeding and pregnant with a new child?
Must I make up the days during which I practiced masturbation in Ramadān last year, given my ignorance at the time that it was among the things that invalidate the fast, and my feeling of guilt then?
Has my fast been invalidated after arguing with my father and swearing, "By the Lord of Glory, I shall not eat"? And what are the implications for me regarding this oath?
What is the vow (nadhr) that necessitates fasting: is it one month or two months, in the case where a person vowed to fast for one month, then vowed to fast for two months for the same thing?
What is the ruling on using eye drops, kohl, and ointment for the eye during the daytime in Ramadan, and do they break the fast?
Is it obligatory to make up for a fast (qaḍāʾ) for someone who doubted whether something entered his throat while fasting, whether it was oil or lip balm, or who accidentally inhaled deodorant spray while fasting?
Is expiation (kaffarah) for an oath obligatory upon one who swore not to commit a sin then returned to it? And what is meant by the forbidden "breaking of an oath (al-hant)" in the context of swearing to perform an obligation or abstain from a forbidden act? And is feeding ten poor people at once sufficient for a single oath's expiation, or must the feeding be repeated for each oath? And is it permissible to fast three consecutive days for expiation when one is able to feed the poor?