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  • Fasting for a Patient with Russell Silver Syndrome Date: 2-12-2020

    I have feeding difficulties so I can only eat one meal a day due to Russell Silver Syndrome and due to this I have hypoglycaemia and heart issues. Do I still fast for Ramadan or am I exempt?. .. More

  • Suffers From Low Hemoglobin; Should he Fast? Date: 5-8-2019

    If someone has pulmonary embolism or pulmonary hypertension, or his Hemoglobin is very low (8.5) (Very strong Anemia) should he/she still fast? Jazzakum Allah Khairan .. More

  • Travelling For 2 Days to a Non-Muslim Country in Ramadan: Can He Break The Fast Date: 9-5-2019

    Dear Respected Scholars, I will be travelling abroad (to a non-muslim country) on the last day of Sahban (05/05/2019) for a training program. I will be staying there for 2 days (1st and 2nd day of Ramadan i.e. 06-07/05/2019) and will be travelling back to Doha on 3rd day (08/05/2019). Please clarify if I have to fast during my stay there or I can avail.. More

  • Travelling to do Both Permissible and Impermissible Things Date: 30-4-2019

    Is there concession(for prayer and fasting) for someone who travel for both bad and good things but his main aim is the good thing ?. .. More

  • Giving Priority to People with Special Needs Date: 25-11-2018

    I have heard many Hadiths on how Prophet Muhammad treated individuals who has special needs. He gave them his full attention and took care of their needs. If an individual who has special needs is in contact with someone who is a teacher/someone who they look up to, is that someone suppose to to go them first than the average human being? .. More

  • Her Husband Does Not Fast Ramadan Date: 28-8-2018

    I just married my husband 4 months ago, we are now expecting a baby. When I married him I was under the impression that he fasts and prays but now as it is ramandan, he told me he can’t fast during the summer because it’s too hard on him since he’s a smoker.What should I do in this situation? Do I have to leave him? Thank you so much .. More

  • Delaying Making up the Fasting because of Sickness Date: 21-1-2018

    Assalamu'alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa BarkatuhI missed fasts in Ramadan and did not finish making it all up even until now a few Ramadan has passed. Now Im unable to fast because of my sickness and I am not sure wether in the future Im going to be able to make up the few days that I wasn't able to finish making up. Ive read about the ruling of delaying.. More

  • Training children to fast where daytime is very long Date: 27-12-2017

    We live in Europe. We will fast around 18 to 19 hours in Ramadan. My 10 year-old-child has been training for two years to fast Ramadan by increasing the number of hours every few or couple of days until he became able to fast complete days towards the end of Ramadan. However, we were not in Europe when I was trying to train my child. This year, I do.. More

  • Traveling in Ramadhaan Date: 9-9-2017

    Assalaamu alaykum. I had registered for an architectural study tour of more than a week to various countries and later discovered that Ramadan started during the journey. I took the consideration for a traveller and made up for the missed fasts of Ramadan later because of this journey. Is this correct, or should I have cancelled the journey since Ramadan.. More

  • Missing fast days due to illness Date: 22-8-2017

    I have had very long menstrual cycles and abnormal bleeding for most of Ramadan this year. I went to my doctor, and they have found that I have two polyps in my endometri that could be benign or cancerous and will need surgery in the next few weeks. Allah willing, it is just benign, but even now, when I am not bleeding, the pain is so bad that I have.. More

  • Fasting for one who works on travelling ship Date: 5-6-2017

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah. I am sea man who works on a ship. I am the only Muslim on my current ship. I am from Ethiopia, but due to this job, I travel all over the world. This is my first Ramadan onboard; before I used to fast with my family at home in happiness, but now I am afraid because the job is very hard. Even without fasting, I have.. More

  • Whether sick person must offer expiation if he had sexual intercourse during daytime in Ramadan Date: 15-5-2017

    If I fast while I am sick, may I break my fast with sexual intercourse? .. More

  • Nature of sickness for which missed fasts are dropped Date: 15-5-2017

    I am a 50-year-old woman. I did not make up the days of fasting which I had missed in Ramadan during my menses. Now I fast Ramadan and six days of Shawwal. I am not able to fast the days that I missed because I am sick. Please advise me! .. More

  • Ruling on breaking fast because of military training Date: 15-5-2017

    I am a military aviation student. One day, during last Ramadan, I was supposed to undertake pilot training in the morning. Therefore, I did not fast that day. What happened was that the weather changed and caused the training sortie to be cancelled, and I did not take my flight. What is the ruling? Shall I offer an expiation? I would like to inform.. More

  • When the fast starts for travelling person Date: 15-5-2017

    I will be boarding my plane from China to Egypt on September 26th at 8:00 pm Chinese local time, which matches 2:00 pm Egyptian local time. I will be fasting that day, and I will have to break my fast at the airport because the Maghrib (sunset) prayer time starts at 6:05 pm in China. The plane arrives on September 27th, around 6:00 am Egyptian time... More

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