What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
What should I do, as I swore, "I will not do that thing, and if I do that thing, I will fast ten days," then I broke the oath and did not fast the ten days?
Does a fasting person break their fast if something comes up from the stomach and reaches the throat, and then they involuntarily swallow it?
What is the ruling regarding the obligation of blood money (Diyya), or fasting for two consecutive months, or expiation by feeding the poor (Kaffarah), for someone who accidentally caused a man's death while driving, as a result of being overcome by drowsiness?
What is the ruling on someone who broke his oath, "I swear by Allah, the Most High, the Most Mighty, that I will never do it again," by returning to masturbation 58 times, and linked the expiation of his oath to fasting three days, fasting 20 days as a supererogatory act, and memorizing a Hizb from the Qur'an? Is he obliged to fulfill his expiation for every time he broke his oath, or not? And what if the number reaches 60 times or exceeds it?
What is the ruling on money or salaries received by an employee from two entities (National Service and a ministry) while working in one place?
Should a man abandon a voluntary fast to please his mother, who asks him to do so, yet refuses for him to break the fast once he has started it?
Is fasting considered an expiation for a vow or a voluntary act if a person vowed to fast for a month and achieved what he desired, and what is the ruling on this vow?
Is the word "عند" (at the time of/upon) in "supplication upon drinking Zamzam water" and "the fasting person's supplication upon breaking his fast" meant to be before, after, or during the drinking and eating?
What is the ruling on one who tastes food while fasting and some of it reaches their stomach?
Must the children fast an expiation for accidental killing (fasting for two consecutive months) on behalf of their deceased father, who did not fast it due to his ignorance of the ruling, and is continuity a condition in their fasting?
What is your opinion regarding the consumption of snuff during the daytime in Ramadan? May Allah reward you.
Is it permissible to adopt the view that allows for a single expiation (kaffarah) for multiple broken oaths, and is there sin in delaying the expiation despite repentance, and is it permissible to fast as expiation for someone who possesses the means to feed the poor?
What is the ruling regarding a 13-year-old girl who did not fast Ramadan while she was menstruating?
Does intentionally breaking a continuous votive fast necessitate a sin, and should one complete the fast afterward or must it be resumed from the beginning, and is expiation for an oath permissible for a votive fast when one is capable of it, but with difficulty?
Is it permissible to alternate between feeding ten needy persons and fasting for multiple oaths, while delaying the fasting until feeding becomes available?
Must a person fast the days he swore to fast as a punishment for himself each time he breaks his oath, or is there another expiation he can perform?
Is expiation obligatory for a strong young man who caused the death of a person in a traffic accident, and is he required to fast for two consecutive months or feed sixty poor people, and is it permissible for him to feed if he is capable of fasting?
Must one make up a vowed fast before fasting the six days of Shawwal, or vice versa?
Does using a sterilized siwak break one's fast?
Is fasting Friday alone permissible when fasting the six days of Shawwal, if one intended to fast six days and began fasting Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, then broke fast on Thursday and Saturday due to an excuse?
Is it permissible for a fasting person to apply perfumes?
Should one who is observing a voluntary fast and drinks forgetfully before noon complete their fast or break it?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a father who advised his nephew to abort a fetus resulting from an illegitimate relationship, and what is the expiation for that action, and is the father considered a killer of the fetus, given his knowledge of the act's unlawfulness and his inability to fast?
What is the ruling on a fasting person breaking their fast due to hunger, and what is the expiation for that?