What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
Is the fasting of David to be combined with fasting on the monthly, weekly, and annual meritorious days, taking into consideration the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning the fasting of David: "There is nothing more virtuous than that"?
Does merely imagining masturbation during the daytime in past Ramadans nullify the fast and necessitate making up for it, especially if I did not know at the time that this was what was meant by masturbation?
How many expiations are required for breaking the oath: "By God, I will not eat the cake, and by God, I will not participate in its making, and by God, I will not fast an expiation for an oath until I eat from it"?
How accurate is the attribution of the three levels of fasting (ordinary, special, and extra-special) to Imam Al-Ghazali, which include abstaining from things that break the fast, safeguarding the bodily organs, and the heart fasting from other than God?
Is breaking the fast at the time of the Maghrib Adhan incorrect, leading us to break the fast before the proper time, based on Allah's saying: "Then complete the fast until the night"?
What is the ruling on swallowing saliva when there is a strange, semi-permanent taste in the mouth, whether one is fasting or not?
Is it permissible to count the amount given as a loan to the wife's friend as fidya (expiatory payment) for the days the wife missed fasting due to illness?
I'm addicted to masturbation, and I can't fast on Mondays and Thursdays.
Must one make up the days on which a fasting person swallowed a little blood and bile present in his mouth upon waking due to overwhelming sleep, and must he rinse his mouth and go back to sleep in the future?
Does what I feel of regurgitation or saliva, which I then swallow, count as breaking my fast, given my doubt about its nature, and do I have to make up for it?
Is it necessary to fast one day for each time the vowed action is repeated, or is one day of fasting sufficient for all actions?
What is the expiation for one who intentionally breaks their fast on a day in Ramadan?
Must I fast for only ten days, or more, after repeating the sin dozens of times following a vow to fast for ten days upon its repetition?
What is the ruling on expiation for one who swore to abandon masturbation by fasting, then slipped and repeated the act with an increased fasting period? Is there one expiation for all acts or two expiations? And is it permissible to suffice with the initial fasting along with the expiation, rather than the additional fasting?
What should I do about the accumulated oaths whose number I do not know, and how can I atone for them? And should I fast six days for the two oaths I did not fulfill this year?
What about someone who did not fast in the last Ramadan due to pregnancy, and did not fast during this period due to breastfeeding: should she feed the poor for the days she missed, or make them up, or combine both?
Is it permissible to adopt the fatwa of other madhhabs regarding the emission of madhy (pre-seminal fluid) for a fasting person, and is what the questioner did—making up the days in previous Ramadans during which madhy was emitted—correct?
Is giving an iftar meal, taken from the workplace, to a needy person considered breaking a fasting person's fast?
What is the ruling on one who relied on an athan application for fasting, then it became clear that the time for the athan of Fajr in it was one minute more than the original time, so he drank one minute before the athan?
Is relying on the calendar more correct for starting and ending the fast, or relying on sighting with the naked eye? And what is the ruling for one who fasts and breaks their fast based on sighting with the naked eye?
What is the ruling on swallowing saliva while bleeding from the mouth during fasting, knowing that it may continue for a period, and what is the ruling on swallowing what has mixed with blood of a yellowish fluid that has no taste?
Is the questioner considered sinful for fasting without her husband's knowledge and violating his oath, and does she expose herself and her fetus to peril, especially after suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and low blood pressure during her previous fast?
Is it permissible to fast six days of Shawwal on Mondays and Thursdays with the intention of gaining the reward for fasting these two days?
Is it permissible for a pregnant woman to break her fast in Ramadan when she feels tired?