Prayer and Fasting at Work

• Is it permissible to break one's fast if the fasting person slept before the Maghrib call to prayer and did not wake up until the Fajr call to prayer, knowing that the fasting period is 19 hours?

• How did the righteous predecessors, who revived the night with worship, manage their sleep, sustenance, and affairs?

• Is it permissible to continue shortening and combining prayers in Cairo, knowing that the distance between Cairo and Fayoum is 100 kilometers, the questioner does not have a residence in Cairo, and the work period there has extended to three years?

• Is the fasting of a woman who does not pray considered like the fasting of David in the days that she did not pray, or should she restart her fasting from the beginning after her cessation from prayer?

• Is it permissible to work as an accountant in the municipal treasury, through which a tax on the gross income of workers' salaries is deducted and transferred to tax authorities, and fees for household waste collection are collected? And does this work fall under the general saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "There will come upon you rulers who bring close the worst of people and delay the prayer from its appointed times. Whoever among you witnesses that, let him not be an arif (leader/overseer), nor a shurti (policeman), nor a jabi (tax collector), nor a khazin (treasurer)"?

• What is the ruling on one who does not pray Tarawih throughout the month of Ramadan without a legitimate excuse, and is he sinful for that? And is it permissible to break the fast at work with Shiites and Ismailis if the questioner is the only Sunni?

• What is the ruling on one who is unable to erase his sins?

• Does the prohibition of "katt" (tucking up) and "tashmir" (rolling up) include the collar of a blouse, a shirt, and the top of socks, or is it restricted to clothes that touch the ground during prostration?

• Is it obligatory for the fasting person to make only one supplication, or is it permissible for him to supplicate for himself and for others before breaking the fast, hoping for an answered supplication?

• Is it obligatory to perform Istinja' (cleansing oneself after urinating/defecating) for every prayer when there is semi-permanent urinary incontinence ( سلس بول شبه دائم ), difficulty performing Istinja' at work, and the ability to perform only three prayers (Asr, Maghrib, and Isha) due to urinary incontinence and cold weather?

• Is there a difference between Fard al-Ayn (individual obligation) and Fard al-Kifayah (communal obligation) in terms of their obligatoriness?

• How authentic is the Hadith: "Seeking knowledge for an hour is better than performing Qiyam Al-Layl (night prayer)," narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas in Sahih Al-Tirmidhi?

• What is the ruling on my fasting, and do I owe expiation if I drank water and used a nasal spray a few minutes after the Fajr اذان (call to prayer), thinking that it was still permissible?

• To what extent is the circulating message accurate, which states that the brown discharge preceding menstruation is not menses, based on a medical study, and that fasting with it is valid, and that it is safer to perform ablution for each prayer?

• Is working in video game and mobile game design—those that are not scandalous, such as car racing, running, and intelligence games—considered Haram if these games distract a person from the remembrance of Allah, like Dhikr and prayer? And does the programmer acquire the sin of those who are heedless because of them?

• What is the ruling on one who maintains the obligatory duties yet drinks alcohol?

• Is it true that whoever performs Umrah with the intention of being blessed with a child, and is indeed blessed with one, will not have the reward for their Umrah counted because they sought a worldly gain? What is the criterion for self-interest that diminishes or nullifies the reward? And does everyone who performs an act of worship for a worldly benefit have the reward for their deed reduced, and is it then not considered sincere?

• Is marital intimacy between spouses during the daytime in Ramadan after Fajr prayer forbidden? And is the day to be made up, and is charity to be given? And what is the meaning of expiation (kaffarah)?

• Does swallowing saliva mixed with a small amount of blood invalidate prayer, by analogy with its not invalidating the fast during Ramadan according to the Hanafis?

• Is a woman’s good deeds, such as prayer, fasting, and supererogatory acts, rendered worthless if she wears her hijab in front of people out of pretense and to avoid blame, knowing that she might abandon it if she finds acceptance, and is it better for her to maintain the hijab to avoid blame or to abandon it entirely until she wears it sincerely for the sake of Allah?

• Is it permissible to earn money from Islamic and other websites and forums, or does that fall under associating partners with Allah (shirk) in actions, and does shirk occur by associating people in the intention of an action?

• Is Fajr prayer to be observed at the first sunrise over Shaam, or at the second sunrise over Canada, and are other prayers obligatory during a journey in which the sun has disappeared over the North Pole?

• Is it permissible or forbidden to deal with Jinn and seek their help?

• What is the ruling on the fasting of one who combines, in every detail of the issues of fasting, the opinions of different madhhabs? Is fasting considered a single issue, or is each detail within it an independent issue? And does acting upon a combination of madhhabs (talfeeq) in acts of worship invalidate the act?