What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
Is my fast valid or void if I drank near the Maghrib (sunset) and I do not know whether the time for breaking the fast had begun or not?
Does cohabitation during the daytime in Ramadan obligate the expiation (Kaffarah) of fasting for two consecutive months for someone who had intercourse with his wife seven times in different Ramadans out of ignorance, or is it sufficient for him to fast seven days and feed sixty poor people?
What is the ruling on food being present in the throat while fasting?
Does using water rectally to treat constipation during the the day in Ramadan necessitate making up the fast (qada') or offering expiation (kaffara), and what is the ruling regarding the past two days in which this act was done out of ignorance?
What is the ruling on fasting a complementary day for Ramadan if people differed on its fasting? And when should the fasting be, if it is valid?
Does severe hardship permit breaking the fast in Ramadan and paying expiation, while taking medication that does not affect one's ability to fast?
Is it permissible for a woman to distribute dates with the intention of feeding a fasting person in the street?
Is expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) due immediately, or when funds are available? And is it permissible to borrow money to fulfill it, or should one fast instead?
Is it obligatory for the fasting person to expel whatever is in their throat from belching or regurgitation, even if it has not reached the mouth, even if they intentionally belched and nothing from the regurgitation reached the mouth?
If a wife who is observing a supererogatory fast fondles her husband who is not fasting, and he ejaculates, does her fast become invalid?
Do I have to make up the five days in which I masturbated deliberately during the day in Ramadan, knowing that it invalidates the fast? And does the ruling that it is impossible to compensate for intentional breaking of the fast by fasting for the rest of one's life apply to it? And what is your advice for quitting this habit?
What are the consequences for a husband who intentionally drank alcohol during the daytime in Ramadan five years ago and did not make up that day, and how can he atone for his sin, knowing that he completed the fast of the rest of the month and did not stop drinking alcohol outside of Ramadan?
What is the ruling concerning vomit (regurgitation) that exits involuntarily from a fasting person, in the event that one causes its exit, and is this considered from involuntary regurgitation?
Is it permissible to offer expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) by fasting specific days in the event of breaking it, and what is the maximum number of oaths for which expiation may be offered?
Is a make-up fast obligatory for someone who intended to break their fast while fasting, yet did not eat or drink due to obsessive doubts about their fast being invalid? And does forgetting to make the intention before dawn and remembering it after the Adhan affect the validity of the fast?
Does the thin, clear, viscous fluid that was discharged after reading messages from a female friend constitute maniyy or madhiy, and what is the ruling on fasting that day?
Is it permissible to break one's fast with unlawfully acquired money, and is it obligatory to re-fast the day on which this occurred?
Do the secretions a wife experiences after her husband kisses her invalidate her fast?
What is the ruling on saying "By divorce from you, I will not come down" if the intention is not to return to the homeland until after finding a job, and does divorce occur by it?
Is the expiatory payment for ẓihār acceptable when paid by feeding, or must the fasting for two consecutive months be completed?
Does expelling a piece of food stuck in the throat after spitting it out invalidate the fast during Ramadan?
Is it obligatory to fast five days every time the vowed sin is committed, and is it permissible to change the vow from fasting to paying a sum of money?
Does masturbating after hearing the second Fajr Adhan, but before its completion, invalidate the fast?
Is it permissible for a pilgrim performing Tamattu' Hajj who did not find a sacrificial animal (hady) and fasted three days during Hajj, to fast the remaining seven days separately, or must they be fasted consecutively?