What Breaks the Fast
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What is entailed for someone who intentionally broke their fast in Ramadan—whether by eating or by masturbating—for ten years, at a rate of 15 days in each Ramadan? And how can the expiation for these 150 days be fulfilled, taking into consideration the noble hadith "Allah’s debt is more worthy of being paid" and the accumulated debts? And what if death overtakes him before he can make up for them?
What is the ruling on fulfilling a vow to fast ten unspecified days, whether they be obligatory or supererogatory, with the intention of supererogation and the vow's wording being: "I vowed to fast ten days if I succeeded in such-and-such subject"?
Is it necessary to repeat fasting when observing multiple expiatory fasts for oaths without designating each fast for a specific oath?
What is the ruling on a pregnant woman breaking her fast in Ramadan to undergo a glucose test that is not time-sensitive?
What is the ruling on someone who swore not to watch a video and then watched it, and swore seriously about selling a car on a website, but then his brother refused the sale?
Does fasting become invalidated if stomach acid comes out with phlegm when one tries to expel phlegm forcefully?
Does masturbating out of forgetfulness during a daytime fast, other than in Ramadan, invalidate the fast?
Is it obligatory to offer expiation by feeding the poor for previous oaths for which the questioner fasted out of ignorance of the ruling, and for subsequent oaths, knowing that he does not receive a monthly salary?
Is it obligatory to complete the fasting of a month that was vowed without stipulation, even if something resembling breaking the fast occurred without certainty?
Is it permissible for someone who did not make the intention to fast from the night to complete their fast if they wake up and have not consumed anything that breaks the fast, taking into account the reliance on the Prophet's (PBUH) saying, "I intended to fast," and that "deeds are by intentions"? And what about someone who is fasting on a Thursday and inadvertently breaks their fast, then remembers that it is Thursday—should they complete their fast or break it?
Why does the rule: "Forgetting rulings due to the power of desires does not negate accountability" not apply to someone who masturbated while having forgotten their fast?
What is incumbent upon one from whom semen was emitted just before the dawn adhan in Ramadan, and he is unsure whether anything was emitted after the adhan?
Is expiation obligatory upon one who swore by the Qur'an to marry a girl, but her family refused, and she married another man? And what is its amount?
Does feeling a shiver as a result of thinking about sex while fasting invalidate the fast, and is expiation obligatory for the three days on which this occurred, and does thinking without a shiver nullify the fast?
What should a sick wife do who missed three days of Ramadan in the year 1432 AH and ten days of Ramadan in the year 1433 AH due to a stomach illness, and cannot make them up until now, and doctors advise her not to fast when she feels ill?
What is the ruling on swallowing blood or vomit resulting from flossing during fasting?
- What is the ruling on forgetting to fast a day from the previous Ramadan, and can the matter be rectified? - What is the ruling on a woman who broke her fast in Ramadan after intending to fast, due to her husband having intercourse with her while she was willing, and does she have to make up for two months of fasting? - Is it obligatory to give the fidyah for a new-born in Ramadan in the country where the Muslim lives or in his original homeland? - What is the ruling on someone who did not fast Ramadan in 2010 and paid fidyah for it in 2011, and has not yet fasted it in 2012 due to health conditions, and is he required to pay a new fidyah?
What can an elderly man do if he is unable to fast, does not possess the means to feed or clothe ten indigent people, or free a slave, and wishes to break his oath concerning severing ties with his son? Can he fast three days despite his inability?
What is the ruling on the emission of prostatic fluid (madhiy) – without desire – when speaking with one's fiancée, and does this affect voluntary or obligatory fasting?
Is general anesthesia considered among the things that break the fast, and is it measured against sleep?
Is it obligatory to make up that day [of fasting] or to fast for two consecutive months for someone who was peeling an orange, and some of its spray entered their throat and they inadvertently swallowed it without intending to break their fast?
How can one atone for six different oaths that have been broken, knowing that I am unable to pay the expiation due to lack of money, and my family cannot help?
Does the saliva reaching the lips and returning (to the mouth) break the fast of a fasting person, even if it was not spat out?
Is it permissible for a patient with bipolar disorder, who takes a sedative that necessitates continuous sleep for at least six hours after the 'Isha prayer and cannot do without it, to break their fast in Ramadan and offer expiation for each day, knowing that not taking the medication causes severe side effects and relapses of their illness?