What Breaks the Fast

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Is the questioner considered sinful, and is her sin insufficient because she broke her fast to undergo tests that required taking medication, knowing that she inquired about the possibility of postponing them until after Maghrib and was informed of the difficulty of doing so? And does she have to offer an expiation (kaffarah) in the event that making up the fast (qada') becomes obligatory?
What is the ruling on voluntary fasting for someone who had a wet dream and completed the ejaculation through foreplay? And is he required to make up that day?
Does the intentional emission of semen after pressing on the penis—subsequent to waking up from a wet dream and finding no wetness—invalidate the sixty consecutive days of fasting for expiation?
What is the ruling on a fasting person swimming or diving into water?
Is it permissible to break one's fast for a necessary medical imaging procedure in the hospital if postponing it for several months would delay treatment?
If a Muslim fasts Ramadan and prays Eid in one country, then travels to another country and finds its people still fasting Ramadan, does he fast with them, or is his fasting considered complete?
Is it permissible for a woman who has undergone major surgery and fears she will not be able to fast due to her inability to eat but very little, to abstain from fasting Ramadan entirely, and what is the expiation for her not fasting in this case?
What is the solution for someone who vowed not to marry except a specific girl, and if he marries someone else, he would fast for three months, then he realized his inability to fulfill the vow or to feed?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally inhales the smell of food while fasting?
Is it obligatory for the wife to seek her husband's permission to fast on the day of her co-wife?
Is it permissible to have intercourse with one's wife before Ramadan if she has not been able to make up all the days she missed in the previous Ramadan, knowing that she sought her husband's permission to fast and he granted it?
If a man dies and he owes an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yamin), what should his relatives do?
Does the one who gives food for breaking the fast of those who are fasting receive the same reward if he gives it a few days before Ramadan instead of giving it during Ramadan itself?
What is the expiation for a woman breaking her fast of make-up days for Ramadan if she breaks it after her husband desires her, knowing that she is fasting?
Does one complete the expiation for the first breaking of an oath, or does one begin a new expiation for the second breaking, knowing that no more than one expiation is required for repeated breaking of an oath concerning a single act?
Is it permissible for a non-fasting person to eat from the Iftar meals distributed in the Prophet's Mosque?
Is it permissible to pay the fasting expiation in cash for a diabetic who breaks his fast in a restaurant and is not married, and can it be distributed to three or more needy people due to the absence of someone in need of breakfast?
What is the ruling on repeated masturbation while fasting for expiation, and is it necessary to resume the fast anew?
Is it true that Jews fast? What are the differences and similarities between their fasting and that of Muslims? How did they receive the rulings on fasting? Is fasting in Christianity limited to abstaining from certain types of food?
Does an anesthetic injection break the fast?
What is the ruling on someone who swallowed something that came out of their stomach, thinking that it would not break their fast, then discovered the error of their action, and does not know the number of days they did that?
How does one pronounce the intention for fasting a makeup day?
Is it permissible to fast voluntarily every Monday and Thursday and three days of every month with the intention of drawing closer to Allah and reducing sins, if the primary motive is a decreased need for food?
What is the ruling on the fast of a sick person who used a nebulizer during the daytime in Ramadan based on the fatwa of a female doctor who erred in her ruling? Is expiation obligatory upon the female doctor for issuing an erroneous fatwa? And is she sinful if other patients use the device without knowing its ruling?

What Breaks the Fast

What is the ruling on voluntary fasting for someone who had a wet dream and completed the ejaculation through foreplay? And is he required to make up that day?

Does the intentional emission of semen after pressing on the penis—subsequent to waking up from a wet dream and finding no wetness—invalidate the sixty consecutive days of fasting for expiation?

What is the ruling on a fasting person swimming or diving into water?

Is it permissible to break one's fast for a necessary medical imaging procedure in the hospital if postponing it for several months would delay treatment?

If a Muslim fasts Ramadan and prays Eid in one country, then travels to another country and finds its people still fasting Ramadan, does he fast with them, or is his fasting considered complete?

Is it permissible for a woman who has undergone major surgery and fears she will not be able to fast due to her inability to eat but very little, to abstain from fasting Ramadan entirely, and what is the expiation for her not fasting in this case?

What is the solution for someone who vowed not to marry except a specific girl, and if he marries someone else, he would fast for three months, then he realized his inability to fulfill the vow or to feed?

What is the ruling on one who intentionally inhales the smell of food while fasting?

Is it obligatory for the wife to seek her husband's permission to fast on the day of her co-wife?

Is it permissible to have intercourse with one's wife before Ramadan if she has not been able to make up all the days she missed in the previous Ramadan, knowing that she sought her husband's permission to fast and he granted it?

If a man dies and he owes an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yamin), what should his relatives do?

Does the one who gives food for breaking the fast of those who are fasting receive the same reward if he gives it a few days before Ramadan instead of giving it during Ramadan itself?

What is the expiation for a woman breaking her fast of make-up days for Ramadan if she breaks it after her husband desires her, knowing that she is fasting?

Does one complete the expiation for the first breaking of an oath, or does one begin a new expiation for the second breaking, knowing that no more than one expiation is required for repeated breaking of an oath concerning a single act?

Is it permissible for a non-fasting person to eat from the Iftar meals distributed in the Prophet's Mosque?

Is it permissible to pay the fasting expiation in cash for a diabetic who breaks his fast in a restaurant and is not married, and can it be distributed to three or more needy people due to the absence of someone in need of breakfast?

What is the ruling on repeated masturbation while fasting for expiation, and is it necessary to resume the fast anew?

Is it true that Jews fast? What are the differences and similarities between their fasting and that of Muslims? How did they receive the rulings on fasting? Is fasting in Christianity limited to abstaining from certain types of food?

Does an anesthetic injection break the fast?

What is the ruling on someone who swallowed something that came out of their stomach, thinking that it would not break their fast, then discovered the error of their action, and does not know the number of days they did that?

How does one pronounce the intention for fasting a makeup day?

Is it permissible to fast voluntarily every Monday and Thursday and three days of every month with the intention of drawing closer to Allah and reducing sins, if the primary motive is a decreased need for food?