What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
Does a wife's caressing of her husband while she is observing a fast as expiation for unintentional killing invalidate the continuity of the fast, or should she make up that day and continue fasting?
What is the ruling on one who forgot that he swore that if he did something, he would fast for a month?
Is the fast of one who finds dates in his mouth and saliva upon waking up from sleep at the time of the Fajr Iqama valid?
Is it obligatory to make up and offer expiation for one who gets water into his mouth and nose during ghusl to avoid scrupulousness, despite his certainty that the water has reached his interior even after trying to expel it, and does this affect his fasting?
What is the ruling on postponing the fasting of two consecutive months, which is obligatory in cases of accidental killing, due to the killer's enrollment in a military academy?
Is it permissible to pay the monetary equivalent of feeding sixty needy persons due to the unavailability of such persons, after a wife deliberately broke her fast in Ramadan?
Is the "Table of the Most Merciful" designated for specific categories of people, or is it permissible for any expatriate or student who finds difficulty in preparing food to go there, and is it only for the poor?
What is the ruling on placing a thermometer moistened with disinfectant solution and a tongue depressor in the mouth of a fasting person for a medical examination, and inserting a finger moistened with water into the mouth out of necessity to remove a foreign object or food residue? And is it necessary to dry it before insertion?
Is it necessary to re-fast the day if some licorice dust flew into the throat unintentionally and its sweetness was felt?
What is the ruling on Eid prayer for someone who fasted thirty days in his country, then went for Umrah in another country and completed his Ramadan fasting there? If the thirtieth day of Ramadan in his first country coincides with Eid, should he pray Eid with the people of his country, or should he pray it alone on that day, and how would he pray it alone?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of fasting one day and breaking fast one day, and fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, by fasting three days and breaking fast two consecutive days sometimes?
Does the steam rising from oil used in cooking food break the fast for a person who is fasting, by analogy with the incense of oud?
Is it permissible for me to fast on behalf of my father who is unable to fast or feed the poor?
Is it permissible to fast the six days of Shawwal on behalf of a deceased person?
Does swallowing salty saliva, resulting from excessive spitting during rinsing for a fasting woman, invalidate the fast?
Is it permissible for a woman to fast three days as expiation for her oath if her husband refuses to sell her gold to feed the needy, despite her financial ability?
What is the ruling regarding a woman who broke her fast for six days of Ramadan due to blood discharge after uterine surgery, and is this blood considered corrupt like menstrual blood?
Is fasting on days when a person hesitated to complete the fast, or intended to break it and then changed their mind, valid, or must it be made up, given that some fatwas indicate that hesitation or intending to break the fast invalidates it, while others state that the fast is valid as long as it was not actually broken, and that the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement among jurists?
Does semen discharge after being fully awake invalidate the fast?
Does a clinical medical examination involving the insertion of medical instruments or fingers into a fasting patient's body cavity or a fasting woman's private parts invalidate the fast?
What is the expiation for someone who swore by Allah not to travel and then traveled, and does not possess the means to feed the poor, but his wife does? Should he fast for three consecutive or non-consecutive days?
Does inserting a finger with ointment into the anus of a fasting person break the fast? If so, is it excused if it happens unintentionally?
What is meant by "resuming the fasting of the two months" mentioned in Fatwa no. 96805, given that the questioner has already fasted for 61 consecutive days?
What is the ruling on someone who swore with the صيغة (formulation) "By the kaffara and a year's fasting, I will not do that thing," regarding a specific matter, and then did it, whether inadvertently or intentionally?