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Fasting is mandatory upon every Muslim individual who has reached puberty and is free from obstacles that prevent him/her from fasting such as traveling, menses or illness that doctors say that fasting would harm or endanger a person if they were to fast.

QUESTION: Is fasting obligatory for a woman who weighs 38 kilos, is 160 cm tall, has anemia, and struggles to eat two meals a day?

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QUESTION: If during fasting, after a long time in the day, there are deposits on the teeth that feel sticky when the teeth are pressed together, and one swallows them, does it break the fast?
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QUESTION: I’m from Bangladesh. My question is about praying witr salat. In ramadan we pray witr in jamat right after taraweeh. 1.Prophet muhammad pbuh said, whoever prays with imam until he finishes, it will be recorded for him as if he prayed the whole night. 2. In another hadith he pbuh said Make the last of your prayer at night witr. when should i Pray witr?