What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
Is it permissible to read supplications from a mobile phone and supplicate at the iftar table?
Is it obligatory to rinse the mouth to remove food particles that have come up from the stomach and then gone back down or been swallowed unintentionally, or is it sufficient to spit them out and then swallow the saliva?
Am I counted among those who fasted Ramadan when making up for missed days due to menstruation, and how can I perform good deeds alongside the responsibilities of motherhood and childcare?
What is the ruling on someone who swore to stop watching pornography and fasted for three days, then returned to it; should he fast for another three days or pay expiation?
What is the ruling on a mother fasting if her one-month-old child relies on breastfeeding for only 20%, and she lives in a country where fasting hours are 17?
Does a fasting person break their fast if they imagine themselves having intercourse and semen is released, while they are sleeping on their stomach, knowing that they did not intentionally cause the release?
Is it permissible to fast as expiation for an oath when one does not have the financial means, or must one wait until one acquires the money to pay the expiation?
Does surgically inserting a tube into a patient's body to drain urine invalidate the fast?
Were innovations (bid'ah) present during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and were they widespread while he was calling to Tawhid (monotheism), knowing that the Sharia was not yet complete?
What is the ruling on one from whom semen is discharged inadvertently during Ramadan? Is he obligated to fast for sixty days, and what if he is unable to fast them?
What is the ruling on one who masturbated during the daytime in Ramadan, knowing the ruling, and does not know the number of days he did that?
Is it permissible to fast on Monday if it coincides with a Christian holiday, knowing that I am accustomed to fasting on that day?
Is it permissible to fast one day and break the fast the next with the the mother's permission, while assuming she would prefer me to limit my fasting to Mondays and Thursdays?
Does inhaling perfume spray that reaches the throat invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on a man saying to his wife: "You are forbidden to me like my mother's back," and what is its expiation?
Does one get a reward for filling water bottles and distributing them with the intention that the drinker will be rewarded, and for the reward of feeding a fasting person if he breaks his fast with it, and the reward of the pre-dawn meal for whoever partakes of it?
What is the ruling on using essential oil in a diffuser while fasting, and should the day be refast if it was used without knowing its ruling?
Is it obligatory to make up the fast for one who tasted a chemical substance (perfume) then spat it out, and doubted the presence of some contaminated saliva on the inside of the lips?
Is fasting five days a week considered harsh on oneself for a young man unable to marry due to studying, especially given his recollection of the Prophet’s, peace and blessings be upon him, recommendation to fast for those unable to afford marriage?
Is the fasting of a sick person that led to their death considered a good end, or did they err by not taking the concession, and does the Almighty’s saying apply to them: "And do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction"? And does the sick person who breaks their fast due to their illness receive the full reward for their fasting, or is their reward diminished?
What is the ruling on constantly swallowing mucus during fasting, given that it is not drawn up or given attention?
Does the ruling for someone who deliberately breaks their fast in Ramadan apply to me, given that I had three wet dreams in one day, and during the third time I was semi-awake and held my penis with my hand?
Does an injection (shot) into the scalp break the fast of someone who is fasting, and does the ruling differ if it is for nourishment or for treatment?
Is it obligatory to fast for two consecutive months for each time the sin is repeated, or is it sufficient once for the repetition of the vow for the same sin?