What Breaks the Fast
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What is entailed for someone who tried to joke and flirt with a foreign girl during the daytime in Ramadan, then broke his fast, thinking that his action had invalidated his fasting?
Must the fasting for an expiation for accidental killing be completed after being interrupted due to pregnancy, or must it be resumed anew?
Is it permissible to use growth and bone-strengthening injections during the daytime in Ramadan?
When is the fasting person’s supplication answered: Is it before breaking the fast, during it, or after it? And have any Prophetic supplications been reported specifically for this time?
Must one make up the first day of Ramadan that was not fasted, and is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for that?
What is the ruling on one who swallows nasal discharge while fasting, and what is the ruling on one who wakes up and finds blood with a taste in his throat?
Does swallowing saliva after Fajr, while the taste of toothpaste lingers in the mouth, invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on a woman who broke her fast during Ramadan due to foreplay that resulted in secretions (without intercourse)? Does she have to make up for one day or fast for two consecutive months? Is it sufficient for her to fast extra days in Shawwal instead of this day? What is the expiation for delaying the make-up fast? Is it permissible to pay money instead of feeding the poor?
Is it permissible for a wife to fondle her husband during the daytime in Ramadan if he believes that the emission of semen without intercourse does not invalidate the fast, even if that results in the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) or semen (maniy)?
What should I do, as I have vowed to fast on Mondays and Thursdays for two months, and my husband prevents me from fasting, even though I know it is obligatory to obtain his approval for voluntary fasting, but I made the vow at a time when I was terrified?
What is the ruling on one who grinds grains, if something from that flies into their throat as a result, while they are fasting?
What is the ruling on one who touches his wife's genitals without penetration during the daytime in Ramadan?
Is a traveler to Milan for three months required to fast, and if he breaks his fast, what must he make up?
Does blood coming from between the teeth, or blood coming from another person as a result of a mistake, break the fast or not?
Does the emergence of pus or a small amount of blood from a wound invalidate fasting?
Is perfuming oneself with fragrances permissible in Ramadan?
Is it permissible for someone who has not yet married to fast every day voluntarily?
Does my fasting count as invalid if I slept with a piece of a cigarette in my mouth, which I was chewing to curb the desire to smoke, and I didn't wake up until after the Fajr Adhan, then I rinsed my mouth?
Is the fast valid for a pregnant woman in Ramadan after experiencing bleeding, undergoing an internal examination, receiving a stabilizing injection, and having a blood sample drawn?
What is the ruling on women using kohl and cosmetics during the day in Ramadan, and do they break the fast?
Is fasting the six days of Shawwal considered an expiation for an oath that I broke by going to a place that I swore by God not to go to?
What is the ruling on swallowing saliva while fasting in Ramadan, and does the ruling differ if the saliva is from someone else, such as a wife's saliva?
What must a person do as a result of breaking his covenant with God after repeatedly committing a sin?