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  • Not Making Up Missed Fast For Two Years

    Assalamualaikum wrwbMy wife is breast feeding my new born so she is weak enough to fast for this year of Ramadan. Also some of her previous year fasts are due because she had periods.My q: Does she has to mandatory has to compensate the residual fasts or I can make a ransom amount as a compensation to poor? .. More

  • The Virtue of Offering Suhoor to Fasting People

    Assalamu'alaikum,Dear Sheikh, would you please mention the virtue of giving sahoor. I heard a hadith mentioning the virtue of giving Iftar, but rarely I heard the virtue of giving sahoor. Jazaakumullah khair .. More

  • Fasting on Behalf of a Sick Friend

    My best friend is in prison in Dubai and takes medication for bipolar disorder (mental disorder) in the morning everyday. She can’t skip her medication. She would’ve liked to fast during this month of Shaaban as the prophet (عليه الصلاة و السلام) used to do. My first question is: Can I fast instead of her during Shaaban with the.. More

  • Delayed Making up Missed Days of Ramadan to Next year

    Assalamualaykum. My question is regarding making up prayers. I made a note based on my memory. I reach my age of puberty since around 2013. Then in the same year until 2015, I can't remember how many fasts did I miss because of menses. My menses were not regular at that time (sometimes it happened once in a month but sometimes it doesn't) so I cannot.. More

  • Making up Missed Fasts Consecutively

    If I made one intention that I will make up all of my missed fasts starting on this day and so on without renewing my intention per day is my fast valid among a few scholars, instead of the majority?Is my fast also valid among a few scholars, instead of the majority if I made the intention of fasting this day when adhaan was called for Fajr? I originally.. More

  • Intention Is Required by Night for Making up for Un-continuous Fasting

    I apologize! I gave you the wrong email address. Kindly ingore that email address!,These are my 2 questions:If I made one intention that I will make up all of my missed fasts starting on this day and so on without renewing my intention per day is my fast valid among a few scholars, instead of the majority? Is my fast also valid among a few scholars,.. More

  • Delaying Making up the Fasting because of Sickness

    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

  • Keeping Hijri date in mind when fasting

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Shaykhs, is it a condition to keep the date from the Islamic calendar in mind when fasting? For example, if I plan to fast on the 19th of Shawwaal, do I need to keep the date for my fastin mind for it to be valid? I have the same question regarding the month of Ramadhan. If not, I do do that during.. More

  • When to say supplication of breaking the fasting

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. Is the supplication for breaking the fast to be said before or after eating? May Allah reward you, Shaykhs. .. More

  • Licking wet lips while fasting

    Assalaamu alaykum. You mentioned in an Arabic fatwa - if I am not mistaken - something along the lines that if a person licks his lips and then licks his (wet) lips again, his fast is broken because he took back in his saliva from his lips and swallowed it, which therefore nullifies his fast. Does the same thing apply in the prayer (i.e. if he does.. More

  • Giving out free food at time of Iftaar in Ramadhaan

    Assalaamu alaykum. If a Muslim owner of a cafe who sells sandwiches, salads, pizzas, etc. gives out free soup or something to everyone who is in his cafe regardless of whether they are Muslim or not during Ramadan for Iftaar (breaking the fast), is this considered charity? .. More

  • Multiplication of reward in Ramadhaan

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, dear Shaykh. I wanted to know; if in Ramadan, one undergoes multiple hardships, will he have more reward given that this takes place in Ramadan? All of a sudden, I have been dealing with some oppression, health problems, job problems, education (college) problems, money problems (getting cheated.. More

  • Breaking fast with date biscuits

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. If a person eats date biscuits in the pre-dawn meal or when breaking the fast, will that person obtain the reward for following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,of having dates in the pre-dawn meal and when breaking the fast? If yes, will it be a similar reward.. More

  • Training children to fast where daytime is very long

    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

  • Multiplication of reward of good deeds when doer is fasting

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is the reward of every good deed multiplied by ten times when a person does that good deed in the state of fasting? May Allaah reward you, Shaykh. .. More