What Breaks the Fast
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My father does not fast, so is it permissible for me to treat him disrespectfully?
What is the expiation for breaking a day of Ramadan for someone unable to fast two consecutive months, how is its value calculated in US dollars, and is it permissible to give it to a charitable organization?
What is the ruling on fasting Saturday alone to make up for the six days of Shawwal, and is it permissible to fast Saturdays and Sundays consecutively each week to complete the six days of Shawwal?
Does an oath fall upon the husband if his wife swore not to change her shirt, but she changed it due to obsessive-compulsive disorder?
What is incumbent upon a woman who was fasting in Ramadan, then intentionally broke her fast, then menstruated on that day: Is it only making up the missed day, or both expiation and making up the missed day, or nothing is incumbent upon her?
Is it permissible to intend to observe a voluntary fast after Fajr, or is there a specific time for forming the intention?
What is the ruling on a fasting person breaking their fast based on astronomical notification, in consideration of society and in obedience to the ruler, and is Qada' (making up the fast) obligatory?
What is the ruling on breaking a vow fast after having fasted one day of it, until after Ramadan?
What is the ruling on someone who intended to break their fast due to severe illness in Ramadan, then their illness ceased before Dhuhr after they had slept and not broken their fast? Do they continue to break their fast, or do they abstain for the rest of the day?
Must one make up the days in which one received the medicinal serum (a solution of water and salt) for the treatment of a blood disease while fasting in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on fasting the vow on Mondays and Thursdays after a lapse due to health problems and childbirth?
Is it obligatory to make up or offer expiation when in doubt about invalidating the fast, while intending to make it up as a precaution?
What is the ruling on a fasting person using patches to relieve feelings of hunger and thirst, and does the ruling differ between one who is able to fast without them and one who is unable to do so?
Of which acts of worship is fasting a part, and what are its characteristics?
Which is better: to give charity by providing iftar for fasters in mosques on main roads or in village mosques?
Does a gastroscopy invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on a wet dream during a supererogatory fast, and does it invalidate it? And what is the ruling on intentionally smoking or ejaculating, and does that entail making up the fast or offering expiation?
How can one reconcile the description of the Companions as "knights by day, monks by night" with the saying "there is no monasticism in Islam"?
What is the madhhab that should be followed regarding swallowing phlegm while fasting, what is the ruling on adopting the view of the Hanafis on this issue, and is it sufficient to make up for the days on which phlegm was swallowed?
Is a Muslim permitted to break a voluntary fast due to a stomach illness?
Does the needle break the fast of a fasting person?
What is the ruling on working in a restaurant that serves pork and participating in its preparation, and is this permissible during the daylight hours of Ramadan?
What is the ruling on one who has intercourse with his wife while observing a fast as expiation for unintentional killing, and what are the consequences?
What is the ruling on fasting six days of the month of Shawwal during the night shift, which begins at 6:00 PM and ends at 6:00 AM, knowing that most of the day is spent sleeping?