What Breaks the Fast
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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?
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?
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?
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?
Does swallowing phlegm before it reaches the mouth, sometimes without feeling it, break the fast of a fasting person?
Is it permissible for a fasting wife observing a voluntary fast to masturbate her non-fasting husband?
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What is the ruling on fasting when saliva comes out of the mouth during sleep and some of it returns to the mouth, or when the liquid that has gathered at the corners of the mouth is swallowed upon waking? Is it obligatory to rinse the mouth in this case? And what is the ruling on the fasts of previous days during which this occurred?
Is it permissible to fast vow-days which I intended to fast separately, along with fasting Mondays and Thursdays?
What is the ruling on a woman who swore not to divulge the secrets of her female relatives, then divulged them many times in varying years, and she does not remember the number of times, knowing that the secrets do not cause harm, and she is repentant; does she have to fast?
What is the ruling on a woman saying: "Fast on Monday so your acts of obedience may be accepted and you may come to us fasting"? And is the questioner's objection to her, followed by her repeating the statement and changing the subject, considered a sin upon him or upon her? And is the questioner's brother's objection, by saying: "How can we fast at night?", considered a sin?
Does the emission of semen resulting from a wet dream, accompanied by a semi-awakened state, inability to move, and a feeling of unwillingness for the semen to be emitted, invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on licking dry white matter that collects in the corners of the mouth while fasting, and does it break the fast? Is it excused for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder?