What Breaks the Fast
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What is the meaning of "Al-Ba'ah"? Is it financial or physical ability and responsibility? And is the fasting mentioned in the Hadith daily, or Monday and Thursday fasting, or like the fasting of David (peace be upon him)?
Is the fast valid when drugs are taken and dawn breaks while their effect is still present in the body?
Does the use of a nuclear fluid and a lipid hormone via the blood to examine the liver and gallbladder invalidate the fast?
Is the fast of one valid if they involuntarily swallowed phlegm that entered their throat, or blood that flowed from their nose to their throat without being swallowed?
What is the minimum duration of fasting for a person to attain the reward of fasting like David (peace be upon him), after you mentioned in a previous fatwa that merely fasting on Mondays and Thursdays is not considered the fast of David?
What is the ruling of the Shari’ah regarding someone who believes that smoking does not invalidate the fast of a fasting person, relying on several arguments, including the absence of a clear religious text, that smoke does not reach the stomach like food, that saying it breaks the fast would necessitate breaking the fast for one who smells exhaust fumes, and that it provides ease for smokers?
Does inhaling the scent of perfumes or chemical odors invalidate the fast?
Does applying moisturizing cream, deodorant, or musk to the body break the fast while one is fasting?
Does a fasting person break their fast if they delay expelling the water from rinsing their mouth and feel it reach their throat unintentionally, taking into account the method of rinsing and sniffing used?
What is the expiation for someone who swore an oath on the Mushaf twice not to return to watching pornographic films, then returned and watched them, and how should it be paid, and is it permissible to give it to siblings, or pay it to the mosque in one lump sum on Friday?
What is the supplication reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) at the time of breaking the fast and before commencing the meal?
What is the ruling on someone who breaks their fast according to the Umm al-Qura calendar while the muezzin has not yet called the Adhan?
Is it permissible to fast on behalf of a mother who experiences hardship in fasting, in order to atone for an oath she forgot and then began to command things contrary to its content, and does the phrase "I adjure you" count as an oath?
Must I make up 11 days of fasting for every time I committed a specific sin after swearing an oath, knowing that I do not know the exact number of times?
Is it permissible to give money in lieu of fasting a full month that was vowed after a certain event occurred, if one is unable to fast it? And what is the amount of this money? And what is the ruling on someone who made several vows and then forgot them?
Does blood money or expiation become due for a mother who aborted twins as a result of her angry actions before her death?
What is the ruling on my fast after feeling something in my throat, trying to bring it to my mouth, and then swallowing it without knowing what it was?
How does a cousin atone for two days she was forced to miss in Ramadan, knowing that she is ill but ready to fast?
Is it permissible to offer expiation for missed days of fasting due to an illness, when it is not known whether recovery is to be hoped for or not?
Is love in adolescence, a stage characterized by emotional fluctuations, forbidden? And what about someone who masturbated while fasting, unaware that it invalidates the fast?
Must I complete the fast for the day on which I masturbated on a Ramadan morning, then make it up later, or should I act as one who has broken their fast?
Does a fasting person breaking their oath while fasting invalidate their fast?
Is it permissible to fast on a Saturday to avoid masturbation that is practiced on that day?
What is the ruling regarding my fasting if I feel water rising from my stomach to my mouth, and I doubt whether it has passed my throat, then I try to expel it and swallow my saliva mixed with this water, and what is the ruling regarding my fasting if this happens repeatedly and I am certain that the water has passed my throat and I swallow a part of it?