What Breaks the Fast

1,235 questions

Does breastfeeding my new baby break my fast?
Am I sinful for breaking off an engagement after making a covenant with Allah Almighty to marry a righteous man?
Is it obligatory to make up for a day of fasting that a man intended to fast in Shawwal, then broke his fast without a valid excuse, after completing the fasting of six days of Shawwal, or is it sufficient for him to have only fasted the six days?
Why is it obligatory to make up (the fast) in the first case (breaking the fast while doubting the sunset, and it becomes clear that the sun had not set), but not obligatory in the second case (eating or drinking while doubting the dawn)?
Is it obligatory for someone who deliberately broke their fast during an expiatory fast for an oath to refrain from eating for the remainder of the day?
Does a debt remain upon the young woman, or is an expiation (kaffarah) obligatory upon her, after she committed some acts in Ramadan out of ignorance of their prohibition and that they invalidate the fast, with doubt about the emission of semen and not remembering the number of days?
Is it sufficient to fast thirty days intermittently for someone who vowed to fast for a month for the sake of Allah the Almighty, without specifying it?
Does insulting a person or behaving improperly toward them while fasting invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on a person who is mentally ill breaking their fast due to severe thirst from medication prescribed by a doctor, then breaking their fast again without a medical permit, and then intentionally breaking their fast by engaging in sexual intercourse in the third year?
Must the ten vowed days for a student's success be fasted consecutively?
How can a fasting person verify the emission of semen and not pre-seminal fluid, and what is the ruling on his fast if he finds opaque or white spots on his underwear after arousal without a wet dream?
What is the ruling regarding the four days that the wife broke her fast, assuming it was menstrual blood, and then it became clear that it was abnormal bleeding (istihadha)? And is expiation (kaffarah) due upon her? If so, what is it?
Is it permissible to purchase the item sworn upon now, and cease observing the fasting for the expiation of the oath, knowing that the intention was to purchase it shortly, and several days have passed?
Is it permissible for someone who vowed to fast on Mondays and Thursdays to change their intention to fast on alternate days (one day on, one day off), knowing that this would lead to not fulfilling their original vow?
Is it obligatory to fast for 60 consecutive days, or just one day as expiation for breaking a compulsory fast, or is it considered breaking the fast out of forgetfulness, in the case of foreplay with one's wife during a state of purity (taharah) resulting in ejaculation?
What should one do who masturbated in Ramadan out of ignorance of its prohibition, and he does not know the number of days he committed this sin?
Is my brother's fast valid, given that he ate after the Fajr adhan from one of the channels, while no nearby mosque had called the adhan at the same time?
What must a sister do who broke her fast in Ramadan half an hour before Maghrib because she did not hear the Adhan in France?
Does drawing blood, whether a small or large amount, break the fast of one who is fasting?
How does a Muslim fast the fast of David (peace be upon him), given the prohibition of singling out Friday for fasting, and was Friday not prohibited from being singled out during the time of David (peace be upon him)?
Is it permissible to artificially feed an infant for the sake of fasting, or is it better to abandon fasting for the sake of breastfeeding the infant?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after intentionally breaking his fast by eating?
Is it obligatory for someone who owns a phone they do not use, and has oaths to expiate but no money, to sell the phone to expiate their oaths with that money, or should they fast? And what is the ruling on their fasting for the expiation of oaths while they own this phone?
How can one expiate for multiple oaths when the poor and needy are unavailable, and is it permissible to expiate with money, and what is the amount to be given to each poor person, and is it permissible to give it to donation committees for the Mujahideen?

What Breaks the Fast

Does breastfeeding my new baby break my fast?

Am I sinful for breaking off an engagement after making a covenant with Allah Almighty to marry a righteous man?

Is it obligatory to make up for a day of fasting that a man intended to fast in Shawwal, then broke his fast without a valid excuse, after completing the fasting of six days of Shawwal, or is it sufficient for him to have only fasted the six days?

Why is it obligatory to make up (the fast) in the first case (breaking the fast while doubting the sunset, and it becomes clear that the sun had not set), but not obligatory in the second case (eating or drinking while doubting the dawn)?

Is it obligatory for someone who deliberately broke their fast during an expiatory fast for an oath to refrain from eating for the remainder of the day?

Does a debt remain upon the young woman, or is an expiation (kaffarah) obligatory upon her, after she committed some acts in Ramadan out of ignorance of their prohibition and that they invalidate the fast, with doubt about the emission of semen and not remembering the number of days?

Is it sufficient to fast thirty days intermittently for someone who vowed to fast for a month for the sake of Allah the Almighty, without specifying it?

Does insulting a person or behaving improperly toward them while fasting invalidate the fast?

What is the ruling on a person who is mentally ill breaking their fast due to severe thirst from medication prescribed by a doctor, then breaking their fast again without a medical permit, and then intentionally breaking their fast by engaging in sexual intercourse in the third year?

Must the ten vowed days for a student's success be fasted consecutively?

How can a fasting person verify the emission of semen and not pre-seminal fluid, and what is the ruling on his fast if he finds opaque or white spots on his underwear after arousal without a wet dream?

What is the ruling regarding the four days that the wife broke her fast, assuming it was menstrual blood, and then it became clear that it was abnormal bleeding (istihadha)? And is expiation (kaffarah) due upon her? If so, what is it?

Is it permissible to purchase the item sworn upon now, and cease observing the fasting for the expiation of the oath, knowing that the intention was to purchase it shortly, and several days have passed?

Is it permissible for someone who vowed to fast on Mondays and Thursdays to change their intention to fast on alternate days (one day on, one day off), knowing that this would lead to not fulfilling their original vow?

Is it obligatory to fast for 60 consecutive days, or just one day as expiation for breaking a compulsory fast, or is it considered breaking the fast out of forgetfulness, in the case of foreplay with one's wife during a state of purity (taharah) resulting in ejaculation?

What should one do who masturbated in Ramadan out of ignorance of its prohibition, and he does not know the number of days he committed this sin?

Is my brother's fast valid, given that he ate after the Fajr adhan from one of the channels, while no nearby mosque had called the adhan at the same time?

What must a sister do who broke her fast in Ramadan half an hour before Maghrib because she did not hear the Adhan in France?

Does drawing blood, whether a small or large amount, break the fast of one who is fasting?

How does a Muslim fast the fast of David (peace be upon him), given the prohibition of singling out Friday for fasting, and was Friday not prohibited from being singled out during the time of David (peace be upon him)?

Is it permissible to artificially feed an infant for the sake of fasting, or is it better to abandon fasting for the sake of breastfeeding the infant?

Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after intentionally breaking his fast by eating?

Is it obligatory for someone who owns a phone they do not use, and has oaths to expiate but no money, to sell the phone to expiate their oaths with that money, or should they fast? And what is the ruling on their fasting for the expiation of oaths while they own this phone?

How can one expiate for multiple oaths when the poor and needy are unavailable, and is it permissible to expiate with money, and what is the amount to be given to each poor person, and is it permissible to give it to donation committees for the Mujahideen?