What Breaks the Fast
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Is it permissible to fast the three days as expiation for the varying oaths, or must they be fasted consecutively, and what is the monetary value of feeding the poor if paid in cash?
What is incumbent upon one who has broken their fast for many Ramadans due to an excuse then recovered, and wishes to make up what they missed?
Was Allah Almighty unaware of the harm and hardship that would befall Muslims when applying the initial ruling of fasting before it was abrogated by the noble verse: (It has been made lawful for you the night of [the] fast [to have sexual relations with] your wives. They are a covering for you and you are a covering for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now have sexual relations with them and seek what Allah has ordained for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night. And do not have sexual relations with them while you are secluded in the mosques. These are the limits of Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His verses to the people that they may become righteous)?
ما هو القضاء وكيف يؤدى لمن أفطر متعمداً في رمضان؟
Must Muslims in France fast and break their fast according to the sighting in Saudi Arabia or France? And why does the Day of Arafat differ between countries despite it being the standing of pilgrims on Mount Arafat?
What is the ruling on one who masturbated while fasting during the day in Ramadan, after having a wet dream on the night preceding his fast?
Does fasting become invalid if secretions from the teeth mix with saliva and the fasting person swallows them while asleep without being able to expel them while awake? And does fasting become invalid upon swallowing saliva if the fasting person suspects the presence of secretions along with a change in the taste of the mouth?
Does using perfume during the daytime in Ramadan—while feeling its taste in the throat—break the fast?
Is it permissible to break the fast and offer expiatory feeding of the poor instead of making up for the missed days of Ramadan, especially with a medical excuse that prevents fasting and makes making up difficult, and should money be given for expiation if a person dies before making up?
What is the ruling on swearing by Allah and not fulfilling the oath, while being unable to offer expiation for the oath due to not possessing its cost and the difficulty of fasting?
Which is better: voluntary fasting or studying during exam days if fasting negatively affects one's studying?
Is it required for breaking the fast to adhere to the sunset or the Azan, especially given the time difference between them in some regions?
What is the ruling on one who breaks their fast while observing a fast for an oath expiation?
Is the fast of one who works as a night watchman and only sleeps during the day valid?
Is it permissible to postpone the fasting of a vow—which is ten days—from the summer to the winter so that the days may be shorter?
What is the ruling on the fasting of one who accidentally came across prohibited images while fasting; is his fast invalidated or flawed? And is a flawed fast acceptable, and how can it be rectified?
What is the expiation for intentionally breaking the fast on two days in Ramadan, one of them after eating suhoor, thinking that Fajr had begun, and the other intentionally?
Is disclosing a secret, which one swore to keep confidential—after parts of it have been revealed—considered a breach of oath that necessitates expiation?
Does the practice of masturbation—while feeling remorse afterwards and desiring to stop—necessitate divine punishment, and what is your legal (Shar'i) guidance regarding this matter?
How can one get rid of the overwhelming sexual desire resulting from masturbation, and is it permissible to read or imagine things that lead to ejaculation without practicing masturbation, or to look at drawn sexual images to achieve that?
Is it permissible to fast and break fast based on the sighting in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, and is it obligatory to make up for last Tuesday?
What is the difference between the dislike of using a miswak for a fasting person and toothpaste, even though the taste of the toothpaste disappears?
What is the ruling on someone who broke their fast thinking the sun had set, and then it became clear that the Adhan was called before its due time, and what is the ruling on the muezzin in this case?
Is it valid for the father to fast sixty days as expiation for unintentional killing, knowing that he calculated them by the Gregorian calendar and not by the lunar calendar?