What Breaks the Fast
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Is it permissible for someone who has vowed to fast for an entire month to have his brothers or sisters help him by fasting some days on his behalf, and is it permissible for him to fast them discontinuously on Mondays and Thursdays with the intention of fulfilling the vow, knowing that he did not intend assistance or continuity when making the vow?
Is expiation obligatory for one who intentionally commits fornication and breaks their fast during the daytime in Ramadan, and what is the expiation if one is able to fast without disclosing the reason?
What is the ruling on drawing mucus from the nose to the throat and swallowing it, and does that break the fast of one who is fasting?
Does taking a blood sample of 5 cc affect the fast?
What is the ruling on a fasting person taking a suppository, and does that break their fast?
Does inserting a finger into the nose to clean out dirt, sometimes pushing it further in, have the potential to reach the inner cavity and break one's fast?
What is the ruling on intentionally swallowing water during exaggerated gargling and sniffing while performing ablution for a scrupulous fasting person?
Is the fast of one who used nose and ear drops in Ramadan and felt their effect in the throat valid?
Is it obligatory to fast 21 days for the entire week, or three days for Friday only, as expiation for breaking an oath not to practice masturbation during the seven days of the week, then practicing it on Friday, given the unavailability of money for feeding or freeing a slave?
Is it obligatory to fast three days as an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yamin) for someone who swore not to imitate anyone in a haircut, meaning by that not to tell the inquirer whom he imitates?
What is the authenticity of the permissibility for pregnant and breastfeeding women to break their fast with expiation (feeding the poor) without making up the days, and what is the evidence for this based on what was narrated from Ibn 'Umar?
Is his fasting considered showing off if he proudly answers "Yes" when asked "Have you had breakfast?", then regrets it and completes his fast sincerely for Allah? And does showing off nullify a deed if done forgetfully?
What is the meaning of the Almighty's saying: "And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread of the dawn"?
What is the expiation for breaking a day of Ramadan fasting without a valid excuse for someone who cannot fast two consecutive months due to their work circumstances, and what is the estimated value of the expiation, and to whom is it paid?
Does inhaling laundry starch spray (Fid Fad), which removes static electricity from clothes, invalidate the fast, and is it obligatory to make up the days on which it was inhaled by mistake or out of ignorance of its ruling, knowing that it is used daily and has a tangible substance?
Is there anyone who has completely given up masturbation, and is it a natural thing or a destructive habit?
What should a sick woman do if she was unable to make up 25 days of fasting from last Ramadan because her health was affected by fasting, and what should she do in the coming Ramadan?
Is it permissible to make up for a missed day from the previous Ramadan two days before the current Ramadan?
Does moistening the lips twice in a row and then swallowing the saliva invalidate the fast?
Does swallowing one's saliva, while feeling its coolness and experiencing obsessive doubts about the presence of specks or dots in the mouth after rinsing and spitting, invalidate the fast?
What is the ruling on masturbation during a Ramadan day, and how can one reconcile its prohibition with the saying of Lady Aisha: "Nothing breaks the fast except sexual intercourse"?
What is the ruling on intentionally breaking the fast during Ramadan three years ago, and is expiation obligatory after becoming aware of this?
"Does taking antibiotics intravenously, diluted with a saline nutrient solution, invalidate the fast? "
What is the ruling on brushing one's teeth with toothpaste while fasting?