What Breaks the Fast
1,235 questions
What is the wisdom behind the legislation of fasting?
What is the ruling on a husband having intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan without ejaculation, and what is incumbent upon the wife if she was ignorant of the ruling?
Is a woman who breaks her fast in Ramadan due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse sinful if she performs cupping (hijamah) on a fasting woman who believes that cupping does not break the fast, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The cupper and the cupped person have broken their fast"?
Is one who sighted the new moon alone, and whose testimony was not accepted, obligated to fast or break the fast alone?
Is there any evidence from the Qur’an or Sunnah that we fast so that we may feel with the poor?
Is it that the Gate of Ridwan opens only in Ramadan and from it wealth is poured forth?
Must one make up for the days when one swallowed blood due to a nosebleed or bleeding gums while fasting?
Does the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has relieved the pregnant and the nursing women from fasting" mean that fasting is absolutely not obligatory for them, regardless of the presence of hardship?
Is a make-up or an expiation obligatory for one who had a wet dream through thinking, then masturbated, assuming his fast had been broken?
Does dry cupping break a Muslim's fast?
Is it necessary to make up the fast if some food residue stuck in a dental retainer goes down the throat unintentionally?
Does fasting become invalid by the entry of steam rising from a pot or particles of spices and Tang juice powder into the nose, and is there a difference of opinion among scholars regarding that?
Is it permissible to fast as expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yamin) instead of feeding or clothing, due to financial inability, knowing that money will become available later?
Does using a gel ointment through the nose break the fast of one who is fasting?
Is it permissible for a fasting woman to undergo a "smear test" to take a sample from the cervix?
Is it permissible for me to masturbate using my wife's hand while she is fasting and I am not?
What is the ruling on inhaling Turkish coffee during the daytime in Ramadan to energize the body for work, given feelings of lethargy and drowsiness without it?
Is repentance and expiation obligatory for one who breaks his oath by returning to disobedience after swearing on the Qur’an to abandon it, and is it permissible to pay the expiation from the mother's money, given the financial circumstances?
Is it permissible for me to make someone swear to pay the expiation if he breaks his oath, and what is the expiation for this oath?
Is it permissible to return the money to the neighbor after two or three weeks to waive the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen), or does merely taking the money necessitate the expiation?
Does the emission of semen during conversations take the ruling of repeated looking, or does it take the ruling of emission through thought?
What is the ruling for someone who ate or drank during the daytime in Ramadan forgetfully?
What is the ruling on voluntary fasting as a protection against masturbation, when the mother forbids it due to thinness and her unawareness of the real reason?
What are the consequences of intentionally breaking a day of make-up fasting without a valid excuse, and is it obligatory to fast three days thereafter?