What Breaks the Fast
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What is the ruling on voluntarily fasting the entire month of Rajab, and what is the ruling on singling out this month for fasting on Mondays and Thursdays?
What is the ruling on one who swore to commit a forbidden act by fasting a number of days, then swore to abandon completing his oath while fulfilling what preceded of oaths?
Is an expiation of feeding 800 needy persons obligatory due to repeatedly swearing not to return to fornication and then returning to it, or is this considered a single oath because it was repeated with the same girl, and what must be done if one is unable to feed them?
How many days must one fast to make up for what one missed in the army for 12 years?
What is the ruling on not fulfilling a vow I made to fast a day for Allah and not to love anyone until engagement, given that I fasted the day but was unable to fulfill the second part of the vow?
Is it permissible for a fasting person to limit washing the mouth and rinsing the nose to only once during ablution, out of fear of invalidating the fast, instead of three times?
Does fasting become invalid by enjoying the reading of immoral and arousing words and descriptions, and is expiation obligatory for one who does that with the prior intention of doing what invalidates the fast and then atoning for it?
What is the ruling on one who broke an oath sworn on the Qur’an out of necessity, and is repentance and fasting two out of the three days of expiation sufficient, given the financial inability to feed the poor?
Does expiation become obligatory for one who intentionally breaks their fast in Ramadan with unlawful acts such as "masturbation and smoking"?
What is the ruling on a pregnant woman in her eighth month whom the doctor has forbidden from fasting in Ramadan, and what is the amount of the fidya in Egyptian pounds for each day, and should she or her husband pay it?
What is the ruling on breaking an oath if a mother swears an oath to her son not to take her to a certain place, then changes her mind and asks to go? And is this considered a vain oath (laghw yameen)? What is the ruling on someone who makes another person swear an oath to eat lunch, and then the other person breaks the oath or does not break it? And is expiation (kaffarah) required in these cases?
Is fasting a day in which no blood was discharged, then blood was discharged on the following day, counted?
Does what I did, by arousing desire before sleep with the intention of having a wet dream to ejaculate, count as masturbation that necessitates making up the day (qada'), expiation (kaffara), and fulfilling the vow (nazr)? And can this day be made up with the intention of both fasting and fulfilling the vow simultaneously?
Is the fast valid for one who tastes the flavor of temporary filling or anesthesia while fasting, or if blood reaches her stomach after a tooth extraction? And does removing the cotton placed in the spot of the extracted tooth affect the fast?
Is it permissible for a mother to break her fast in Ramadan to care for her two sick children?
What is the point of reconciliation between fatwas No. 93043 and 18199 regarding the ruling on masturbation during the day in Ramadan, and what is the final ruling on this issue, especially according to the Hanafis?
Is fasting required of me because I ate from my sister's food after swearing not to have dinner at her place?
Is it permissible to complete a compensatory fast after drinking water, thinking that the time for Fajr has not yet begun, or is it obligatory to break the fast and re-fast the day?
What is incumbent upon one who broke their fast during the day in Ramadan, assuming that a wet dream necessitates breaking the fast, based on the hadith "Whoever awakes in a state of major ritual impurity has broken their fast"?
Does the fast become invalidated if water reaches the throat unintentionally, yet with the knowledge of the possibility of that occurring despite taking precautions?
What is the ruling for someone who broke their fast in Ramadan out of ignorance that this action invalidates the fast, and does this entail expiation (kaffarah) or merely making up the day?
Is it permissible for me to observe a voluntary fast while I still owe an atonement fast for an oath?
What must I do if I opened the email after swearing to fast for two months if I entered it, and what are the consequences if I opened another email after swearing to fast for two months if I entered any email of mine?
Does the fasting person who drank, not knowing whether he was conscious or asleep, break their fast?