Iftar
Iftar is the meal that breaks the fast at sunset, at the start of Maghrib prayer time. Breaking the fast promptly once the sun has set is recommended. The word is also used for community meals held during Ramadan evenings.
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How can one reconcile performing the Maghrib prayer on time and having iftar at home, given the family's desire for a communal iftar?
It is possible to combine observing the Maghrib prayer in congregation and breaking the fast with your family by breaking your fast with your family first, then going to a mosque that delays the Maghrib prayer, or by…
Is it permissible to give zakat on gold in the form of feeding and iftar for the poor during Ramadan, or sponsoring an orphan?
Zakat is obligatory on gold if it is prepared for trade, or stored, or for personal use, and Zakat is due on it. It must be paid at the completion of a full Hijri year. Paying the value of Zakat to feed the poor or for…
What should Muslims do in a city in central France where prayer times, especially Fajr and Isha, differ between mosques by up to an hour, and each mosque claims to be correct, with the approach of Ramadan and the importance of accurately determining Iftar and Suhoor times?
The time for abstaining (Imsak) and the permissibility of breaking the fast (Iftar) does not differ between two mosques that are close to each other. The question posed by the inquirer relates to the early or late…
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How can one reconcile performing the Maghrib prayer on time and having iftar at home, given the family's desire for a communal iftar?
Is it permissible to give zakat on gold in the form of feeding and iftar for the poor during Ramadan, or sponsoring an orphan?
What should Muslims do in a city in central France where prayer times, especially Fajr and Isha, differ between mosques by up to an hour, and each mosque claims to be correct, with the approach of Ramadan and the importance of accurately determining Iftar and Suhoor times?
Is it permissible to feed ten poor people as expiation for an oath by providing iftar for ten fasting people through charitable organizations, along with paying money, and is this sufficient to satisfy them?
Is it permissible for a menstruating woman to enter the Haram to distribute iftar?
Is it permissible to give the fidyah for my mother's fasting - who is unable to fast - to her children and their children as an iftar meal, or for the iftar of students in a class?