What Breaks the Fast
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What is the ruling of Islamic law on abortion due to the mother taking medications that may cause fetal deformities, based on the advice of doctors? And do the parents have to fast? And is there a blood money (Diyya), and what is its amount in Tunisian Dinars?
Is one excused from the fast-invalidating factors if drops of water are scattered or flow from the upper face into the mouth during ablution, and is it obligatory to dry the face to avoid that?
What is the ruling of Sharia on my husband and I breaking our fast on a day in Ramadan due to taking medication and injections for an IVF procedure, as well as my husband ejaculating for the fertilization of the eggs, knowing that this can only be done during the day?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally breaks a votive fast? And what is incumbent upon one who caused the death of his two sisters in a car accident, in terms of fasting or charity?
What is the proper description of the intention (niyyah) for fasting? Is it valid to make the intention for the entire month, or must it be made for each day separately? Is it permissible to stipulate in the intention: "And if an impediment prevents me, then my dissolution [from ihram] is where I am impeded"?
Does unintentionally swallowing a mosquito break one's fast or not?
Must a fasting vow be fulfilled if the questioner saw a special supplication in a dream, but she does not remember how many times she made the vow, nor the number she vowed?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who drank, thinking it was the first adhan, after her clock was slow, or after her husband woke her up to a false alarm before the second adhan, and is there a make-up or sin upon her?
Does swallowing small pieces of a miswak invalidate the fast?
Is it permissible to fast on the 25th of December, which coincides with Christmas Day?
Must a new day be fasted in Egypt if a Muslim has completed fasting 30 days in Kuwait?
ما هي الأطعمة التي تساعد في تأجيج الرغبة الجنسية؟
What should we do about our father who does not fast Ramadan, and drinks tea and smokes in front of us while we are fasting, and refuses our advice? And are we partners with him in sin? And is it permissible for us to eat from his food in Ramadan?
What must I do - is it expiation or spending the money I swore to spend - after I broke an oath that I made binding by pledging to pay a sum of money in the event of breaking it?
Does inserting the tongue into a woman's mouth while kissing her break the fast in Ramadan?
What is entailed for a woman who broke her fast during the Six Days of Shawwal based on a mistaken assumption that the time for the Adhan had begun, and she is unable to make up for that day due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse, and the month has already ended?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who inhaled "al-naffah" while knowing it invalidates the fast?
What is the ruling on Muslim firefighters fasting in Ramadan, given that they must drink large quantities of water during their work to avoid heat exhaustion?
What is the ruling on making up fasting days for someone who unintentionally broke their fast in previous Ramadans?
Can a wife be sexually intimate with her husband after he has said, "You are unlawful to me as a brother is unlawful to his sister," and the wife has paid the expiation, or must the husband pay it?
Is it permissible to fast days other than Mondays and Thursdays to complete a vow of fasting for a month, and is it possible to offer expiation (Fidya) instead of fasting due to social circumstances?
What are the boundaries of the mouth when fasting, and what is the ruling on doubting whether some saliva has reached the lips?
Is the reward for breaking a fasting person's fast achieved by giving the fasting person food, or by breaking their fast with one's own hand?
How is the fasting of "alternate days," which is the dearest fasting to Allah, achieved: Is it by observing it consistently throughout life, or by performing this act of worship for a specific period, and if so, what is the duration of this period (a week or a month)? And what is the best day to start this fasting?