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Breaking fasting because of having surgery in Ramadan
I suffer from obesity and my specialist doctor may perform Lap Banding surgeryon me within few days or perhaps even during Ramadhaan. After the operation, I may have to break my fast in order to take the medications or because of repeated vomiting. Should I only make up for the missed fasting days or do I have to offer expiation too?.. More
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Elderly people - should they fast or not?
My grandmother is ninety-one years old and she is bedridden; however, she wants to fast. What is the Islamic ruling on her fasting?.. More
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Ruling on the nursing mother who abandons fasting in Ramadan
I have two questions. I am a mother of twins and cannot fast in Ramadhaan due to suckling them. When should I make up for the missed days of fasting? Are there any Hadeeth narrated on the authority of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, regarding the woman who gives birth to twins?.. More
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Breaking fast in Ramadan because of pregnancy without making up for the days missed
I was pregnant in Ramadhaan, and hence I did not fast. I fed a poor person for each day I missed. Am I required now to make up for the days I missed or is that expiation enough? .. More
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Broke his fast intentionally some years ago and does not know if he had reached puberty then
I once broke fasting during Ramadhaan, but I am not sure as to whether or not I had reached puberty then. What is incumbent upon me to do? May Allaah reward you... More
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Works for the army and can not fast in Ramadan
assalamu'aleykum I'm from Russia. My brother is in the army now. There is no "halal" meat. They can eat only in certain time(breackfast 7:30...dinner at 20:00). He has a stomach ack gastritis that can become worse if he doesn't eat a long time. 1. Is he obliged to fast in ramazan, if we take in consideration his illness and that he can't make sahur.. More
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Breaking fasting due to pregnancy
I read in a contemporary book of Fiqh (jurisprudence) that if the pregnant woman breaks her fasting during Ramadhan, according to the sounder opinion, she will be required only to make expiation. Hence, my wife would break fasting when she was pregnant and expiate only. This was repeated for many years. Recently, however, I came to know that this opinion.. More
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The fast of the cerebral palsy patient
My daughter suffers from congenital cerebral palsy. She hears, but cannot speak; she also cannot move or sit because of the damaged parts of her brain.
It is possible to say that she is mentally retarded. Although she is now more than twelve years old, her cognitive abilities are very weak. I do not know how to tell her about the existence of Allaah.. More
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Breaking the fast during Ramadan for the tennis player
I will be playing tennis matches during the first week of Ramadhaan at noon when the temperature reaches 30 degrees. It will be very difficult for me to fast under such circumstances. Am I right if I break the fast and feed a poor person for each missed day of fasting?.. More
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Should liver patients who take medicine every 12 hours fast or not?
I am a doctor, and I follow up on patients with liver transplantations. Such patients become physically capable of fasting six months after the operation.
However, the problem is that they must take immunosuppressive capsules every 12 hours orally, which means that they will break the fast despite their physical ability.
The patients want to.. More
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Preconditions of breaking the fast during travel
You know that Ramadhaan will be in September and that there are (educational) tests during that month, and my university and university housing are about 130 kilometers away from my house. The university housing restaurant does not open during this period, and I have to stay there for some days. What should I do?
May Allaah reward you... More
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Reward of a pregnant and lactating woman
Assalamu alaikum.Pls can you share with me some of the blessings a pregnant and lactating woman gets from Allah (SWT) so that we can be more motivated cos sometimes the stress and burden seems to be unbearable.And atimes our husbands dont seem to support us enough during this trying time.Thanks.Jazakallahu khairan.. More
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Making up for the fast missed during pregnancy and breastfeeding
My question has to do with the missed fast of breastfeeding and pregnant women. I know all three opinions with regard to it, but the matter is Sheikh Albaani quotes as evidence the words of Ibn Abbaas and Ibn Umar that women only need to feed one poor person per each day missed but there is a hadeeth in Saheeh an Nasaa'i (2274) in which the Prophet,.. More
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Fasting of diabetic pregnant wife
As-salam,As per your fatwa # 81573, about Pregnant Woman Fasting in Ramadan, it is stated that..."If the pregnant woman fears for her life or for the life of her foetus when she fasts, it is lawful for her to break the fast and make up later the same number of days she had missed to fast during Ramadan".
It is understood that, basically the.. More
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Breaking the Fast during Ramadan Due to Exams
Dear Scholar,Asalmo Alykom,
I am a doctor and I decided to do a medical exam next month inshallah. The exam takes 7 hours and is done on the computer. The exam is going to be in Ramadan, and so I want to ask if I have a permission not to fast in the day of the exam as itwill be very difficult for me to concentrate enough if I was fasting. Finally,.. More
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