What Breaks the Fast
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What should a pregnant woman do in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally breaks their fast in Ramadan, and is expiation by feeding 60 poor people permissible for one who intentionally breaks their fast without being ill? What are the conditions for the poor who are eligible for this expiation, and what is its monetary value in dollars?
Is it obligatory to fast only the remaining day, or to fast three more days as expiation for the oath, given the inability to feed ten needy people and the inability to remember the number of times one has sworn?
Is renewing a covenant with Allah (fasting three days) due to whisperings (waswasah) or for remembrance, necessitated by fasting the total number for the repetition of the covenant when the desired outcome is achieved?
Does the three-day fast of each month begin by calculating according to the Arab calendar or the Gregorian calendar?
Is it obligatory to complete the fast for someone who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan, and what are the consequences if he breaks his fast after that?
What should I do to be released from my oath after having sworn several times not to speak to a friend, then sworn not to fast the three days required of me as expiation for that oath, and I do not want the sin of severing ties with my Muslim brother?
What is the ruling on a fasting person intentionally swallowing phlegm in Ramadan, and is he required to make up those days if he breaks his fast, according to the Hanafī school, given that he is able to expel it?
Is it permissible to break the fast in Ramadan due to severe stomach pain, high fever, and vomiting, followed by an improvement in the pain later on?
When does the expiation for swearing by Allah Almighty become sufficient, and what is the meaning of "laghw" (unintentional oaths), "kaffarah" (expiation), "aqadtum al-ayman" (deliberately sworn oaths), and is the one who swears falsely given a choice between feeding the poor and fasting?
Does a small amount of water entering the anus during istinja invalidate the fast?
What is the benefit of fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, and what are the authentic hadiths reported concerning them?
What is the phlegm that does not invalidate fasting: Is it that which comes from the trachea or from the nostril opening into the mouth?
What is the ruling on some perfume entering the mouth of a fasting person unintentionally, and what is the ruling on fasting to make up for doubt concerning the validity of the Ramadan fast?
Does an intramuscular injection invalidate the fast?
What is the name of the Surah that Allah divided into three parts: the first for Allah, the second for His servants, and the third for three categories of people? Who are these three categories? When was fasting made obligatory? And how many Ramadans did the Messenger fast?
What is the ruling on fasting the days from Monday to Thursday of every week, including Tuesday and Wednesday?
What is the ruling on a fasting person unintentionally eating a mosquito?
Is it permissible for the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) to be feeding ten needy persons with baked goods like bread and discs (aqras), or must it be rice or the customary food, given the swearer's financial circumstances and the difficulty of fasting?
How can I control my desire for women as quickly as possible, excluding fasting and marriage?
Is it permissible for a believer to supplicate to God to save his honor from being violated by enemies, and if that were to happen, how could he himself live?
Is it valid to vow to fast two days for each time one practices masturbation by hand, or does this include masturbation by thought and rubbing over clothes? What is the ruling on practicing anal sex? Is this considered an act of the people of Lot, and do they incur the same punishment?
Is it permissible to fast a day for the sake of Allah immediately after fasting the six days of Shawwal?
What must one who broke their fast for two days in Ramadan due to masturbation do to make up for their fasting, and does the hadith "Whoever breaks a day of fasting in Ramadan, a lifetime of fasting will not make up for it, even if he fasts it" mean that there is no repentance for him?