What Breaks the Fast
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What is the ruling regarding someone who vowed to fast for an entire lifetime when he was young, and then became unable to do so due to old age?
Does using soap and conditioners while showering during the day invalidate the fast?
Which is better: fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, or fasting three days each month?
What is the ruling on one who made the intention to fast a supererogatory fast and then broke it, and is it obligatory for him to make up for it?
Is arrangement obligatory in the expiation for ẓihār? Is there still emancipation of a slave nowadays? And what should one do if he has intercourse with or fondles his wife during the two-month fast for the expiation of ẓihār?
Is it obligatory for the wife to successively re-fast the vowed days, or is her previous fasting sufficient, and is the expiation of three days sufficient for swearing a false oath with her brother?
Must one who unknowingly breaks their fast while making up for Ramadān's missed days complete that day's fast or break it?
Is it obligatory for a driver who accidentally killed a person, and whose victim's guardians pardoned the blood money (diyah), to fast for two consecutive months, or is he exempted due to his weakness and not having intended harm?
Is it necessary to complete the fast after eating forgetfully twice?
Does a ruling apply to a brother who accidentally killed his sister when he was thirteen years old?
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What is the ruling on: 1. Using deodorant or musk for men and women in the month of fasting? 2. Listening to music in the month of Ramadan? 3. A woman wearing trousers in the month of Ramadan?
Is it necessary to re-fast the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yamin) after attempting to pay it but being unable to (due to inability to fast)?
Is it obligatory to fast only three days for the many oaths and covenants whose number I do not remember, or to fast three days for each oath and covenant, in the event of inability to feed or free, and is it permissible to intend expiation for any oath without specifying it?
Does the use of steam in hospitals break the fast, knowing that it contains oxygen and a spray of certain medications?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a fasting person who experiences an erection while talking to a woman?
Is it obligatory to fast for two months after the miscarriage of a fetus due to an abdominal impact accident?
What is the ruling on breaking the fast after the sun's disk has disappeared but before the Maghrib adhan?
Is it permissible to make up the days I missed in Ramadan due to being unable to fast during the general secondary examinations, knowing that my family obliged me to break my fast?
When is the fasting person's supplication answered?
Is a pregnant wife's insistence on fasting considered a mistake, especially after the doctor's advice that fasting may affect the water supply to the fetus?
Must a girl who broke her fast during Ramadan when she was fifteen years old, due to extreme thirst, and then ate after drinking, make up for the missed days (qada') or offer expiation (kaffarah)?
What is the ruling on one who breaks their fast in Ramadan?
What is the ruling on swearing an oath to avoid divorce, and does that necessitate expiation, and what is its ruling?