What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
Does ignorance that returning saliva from the outer lip into the mouth invalidates the fast mean that the fast is not broken, and what should one who has done that frequently during fasting in previous years do?
Is it permissible to make a vow to fast days as expiation for a repeated sin in order to deter oneself from it?
Is the gathering of female friends for fasting, funeral prayers, and visiting hospitals with the intention of visiting and feeding the sick considered an innovation (bidʿah), in light of the hadith: "They do not gather for a person..."?
Does a fasting person break their fast if sweat from their face reaches their mouth and they swallow it?
What is the expiation for intentionally killing a young man in a psychiatric hospital, and can 'Umrah be performed on behalf of the deceased?
Does rinsing the mouth invalidate the fast of a fasting person, whether the fast is obligatory or supererogatory?
Does fasting for today count for one who intended to fast the day before but did not fast?
Must someone who vowed to fast three days if he committed a sin, and he committed it out of forgetfulness and remembered his vow after committing it, make up the fast?
Is saying, "If I marry her, I must fast two days a week," considered a vow, especially with the intention of deterring the person from thinking about marriage rather than actually marrying her, and without remembering the exact wording of the statement?
What is the ruling on a husband having intercourse with his wife while she is observing a voluntary fast?
Is chewing gum while fasting forbidden?
What is the ruling concerning the fasting of a Muslim who traveled to France for study and was compelled to undertake strenuous work to cover living expenses, and was consequently unable to fast, despite intending to return after graduation?
Is what a person does in terms of sexual fantasies that lead to pleasure, and the accompanying movements on the bed while imagining the other party, considered an act with a religious ruling, and does it have an effect on the reproductive organs, the mind, or the body?
Does a righteous dream, in which reciting Surat Al-An'am is requested, not lead to a religious ruling?
Is it a condition for the traveler, for whom it is permissible to break the fast and shorten prayers in Ramadan, that his journey must have begun at night?
Is it permissible to fast openly?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who broke it on a plane upon seeing the sun, after the flight attendant announced the time for breaking the fast according to the departure time zone?
Is fasting the ten days valid if feeding was done now, knowing that the fasting was a make-up fast?
What is the ruling on one who vowed to fast three days with their nights if he returned to masturbation, then became unable to fulfill his vow?
Does using a miswak with flavors such as mint or lemon break one's fast?
What is the ruling on the money of a person who works in a women's beauty salon if he intends to leave this work, and is it permissible for him to marry from it, and what should he do regarding the harassment and near nakedness of women, and can he not fast Ramadan due to the weakness of his body?
Is it necessary to fast on Monday after having the intention to fast it, along with fasting only on Thursday?
Does breaking the fast of someone observing a supererogatory fast necessitate only making up the missed day without expiation?
What is the ruling on swallowing food remnants stuck between the teeth while fasting?