Fasting

QUESTION: Do you have to pay fidya for intentionally breaking the fast in Ramadan if they are from previous years. And like what should i do now.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

25 Apr

ANSWER: If you broke the fast with sexual intercourse, you need to fast 2 consecutive months and if you are unable, you need to feed 60 poor Muslims. If you broke your fast via anything else, you need to repent, show remorse, ask Allah for forgiveness and make up for that day without any expiation […]

QUESTION: I was fasting on day of Arafah but had to break my fast due to severe Migraine (headache). Is it a major sin to break fast as I was told by some people that “‘it’s better not to keep fast than to break it?'” Do I have to make up that fast? Is the ruling same as of Fasts of Ramadan?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

17 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this even without any genuine reason as this is a voluntary fast and not mandatory. If you are sick, it’s permissible to break even the mandatory fast!

QUESTION: I want to pay fidya for my mom. She is 73 and lives in USA. I live and work in Uae. USA rate is $15 per day and uae is Dhs 15 per day. Which rate shall I pay and can I pay it here in uae.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

15 Apr

ANSWER: It doesn’t matter! As long as you are feeding one poor Muslim person, this is what counts even if it is cheaper than the USA

QUESTION: Fasting obligatory fast before fasting missed Ramadan fast or any fast

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

13 Apr

ANSWER: The question is not clear. If you have expiations or broken oaths, you can expiate them before making up for missed days of Ramadan

QUESTION: I am 47 years old. I always have intention to keep my missed fast later on, but I keep forgetting and next Ramadan comes. How do I replaced my fast all the previous year and now it’s getting harder to replace!

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

01 Apr

ANSWER: You are sinful for delaying to make them up and must make them up now when obstacles do not exist. You can combine them to Sunnah fasts for double the reward by fasting every Monday and Thursday

QUESTION: It was time to break fast and I was preparing my water and without thinking started drinking before making my intention to break my fast. I swallowed once before realizing and spit out the remaining water. I verbalized my intention and drank water. Is my fasting from the day still valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations

28 Mar

ANSWER: There’s no Verbal intention before breaking the fast as this is an innovation Once the sun sets and the athan is called, you simply break the fast by saying bismillah

QUESTION: A person lives in non Muslim country and no Muslim authority, and rely on apps for timing. They used Turkish calculation but changed to UmmAlQura few weeks ago. Today they woke up very thirsty 1 min after Fajr entered, so they changed calculation to Turkish and it showed that it’s 2 min until Farj so they drank water. Are they playing with religion?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

28 Mar

ANSWER: Yes, they are playing with the religion!

QUESTION: If it rains or will making wudu some water goes on my lips and I put them in my mouth to remove them does this count as drinking and does it break my fast?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

27 Mar

ANSWER: If you intentionally swallow such rain water or any type of water like this, this breaks your fast.

QUESTION: If i stole a drink or food while im in the time of fasting and then had it for iftar would this break my fast? If it does would i have to fast the days i did robbed even if i didnt know this.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

27 Mar

ANSWER: You have committed a major sin that would reduce the rewards of your fasting to almost zero.

QUESTION: Some people observe their fast according to Saudi Arabia’s schedule, even while living in Pakistan, where there is a one-day difference. Is their fast valid? I have heard that we should follow the fasting schedule of the place where we reside.”

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

26 Mar

ANSWER: Their fast is not valid as they must observe the fast with the majority of Muslims where they live.

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