What Breaks the Fast
1,490 questions
What is the ruling on making up for the past Ramadan, knowing that I broke my fast out of fear for myself and my fetus, and I am now breastfeeding and am concerned about a decrease in milk supply?
Is the fast of one who swallowed something from the skin of his lips with his saliva, or licked lips that had the taste of toothpaste on them after Fajr, valid? And is it permissible to count the extra days he fasted due to waswasah (obsessive whispering) as qada' (make-up) for past Ramadan days?
Does water entering the anus or vagina unintentionally and without extravagance break the fast of one who is fasting? What about its entering the ear unintentionally?
Does fasting one day and breaking fast one day in winter, and abandoning that in summer, count as a regularly recurring act of worship every winter, or must the fasting be regular and continuous to include both summer and winter?
Is the resolve to fast one of the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah on the night preceding it considered a sufficient intention, given that the intention for supererogatory fasting can be made after Fajr?
Is it permissible to disobey one's mother and fast on Mondays and Thursdays secretly to rid oneself of masturbation, despite her objection to the fasting out of fear for her son's health?
Is it permissible for a fasting person suffering from almost complete dryness of the mouth and throat due to cancer treatment to moisten their throat without eating?
Does drinking water and juice upon waking invalidate the fast due to severe sore throat?
What is the ruling on one who masturbated in Ramadan three minutes after the Fajr adhan, thinking that the Fajr adhan had not yet occurred, and then it became clear to him that the adhan had indeed taken place three minutes before his act?
How does water reach the brain from the ear to break the fast of a fasting person, and does it break the fast by water entering the ear canal, or by water entering the ear in such a way that it does not exit except by shaking the head? And what is the meaning of deliberately opening the mouth until dust enters the body cavity, which breaks the fast, and is it deliberately not closing the mouth despite seeing the dust, or deliberately allowing dust to enter the mouth by opening it?
Is the fast of prisoners who are compelled to eat sahur after the Fajradhan valid?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who doubts whether he committed masturbation while observing a fast, then experienced a legitimate excuse [that broke the fast], and Ramadan is now upon him, and he cannot make up the fast until after it?
What should one who vowed to fast three days for every time he committed a specific sin do, then committed it many times and does not remember the number?
What is the correct time for fasting, what is the meaning of His saying, may He be exalted: {until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread}, and what is the ruling on one who eats suhoor after the adhan, claiming that dawn has not yet become distinct?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who sniffs up mucus and it goes down their throat against their will? Is that considered intentional swallowing? What is the preferred ruling on intentionally swallowing mucus? Is a fasting person obliged to try to expel mucus or phlegm from their throat if they feel it?
Does a bee sting invalidate fasting during Ramadan?
To what extent is the hadith sound: "Whoever breaks the fast of a fasting person with lawful food and drink, the angels will pray for him during the hours of the month of Ramadan, and Gabriel, peace be upon him, will pray for him on the Night of Qadr"? And why are the hadiths narrated by Ali ibn Zayd considered weak?
Did scholars agree on the impermissibility of a person harming himself in any way, such as by wounding, amputating limbs, or exposing oneself to the danger of death? And what are the evidences for that if there is a disagreement?
Are the oath of persistency (yamin al-lajaj) and the vow of persistency (nadhr al-lajaj) the same, and is expiation obligatory for repeated oaths of persistency concerning the same sin, with a mention of the evidence that it is a vow?
Does a breastfeeding mother have to make up for not fasting if she feels extreme hunger and thirst, which affects the production of milk necessary for her weak infant whom her milk does not satisfy in this case? And what are the consequences for her in this situation?
What is the ruling on not wiping away the small amount of saliva that comes out on the lips while speaking for a fasting person?
Is one who abandons fasting or any other Islamic ritual to be fought, whether an individual or a government, just as others are fought?
Is it permissible to fast for the expiation of an oath for three separate days?
What is the ruling on someone who fondled his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, then left her when he felt semen about to be released, but then semen was released about a minute later?