Fasting

QUESTION: If a woman is recommended by kaafir doctor to not fast because she is breastfeeding, is she obliged to feed the baby artificial formula(liquid/powder) milk made for infants/toddles and fast? or can she listen to the recommendation of the kaafir doctor and not fast?

Fasting

13 Mar

ANSWER: A breastfeeding woman can skip fasting without the recommendation of a doctor whether Muslim or kafir if there is hardship or difficulty on her. She must make up for such missed days once she is able.

QUESTION: Is there any provision that we can not keep the missed obligatory fast just on the day before the first Ramadan?

Fasting

13 Mar

ANSWER: You can keep it.

QUESTION: Sheikh is it permissible to to pray Maghreb and then break my fast

Fasting

03 Mar

ANSWER: No. You must first break your fast, even if only with a date or water and then pray maghrib. Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said we must hasten to break the fast.

QUESTION: A scholar said that there’s no need to fast on the 9th or 11th of muharram because nowadays no jew fasts on Ashurah, so there’s no need to be diffrent from them, he further said that fast only on the 10th of muharram. How correct this opinion is please clarify?

Fasting

04 Feb

ANSWER: This so called scholar is wrong as he is going against the instructions of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. We fast it since Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam had said that if he lived another year, he would fast on the 9th! We believe that the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa […]

QUESTION: Sheikh, today I was fasting because I had to make up some fasts from Ramadan, 5-10 minutes before the Azan I got my menstrual cycle is my fast valid or do I need to do that fast again after my period? Thank you.

Fasting

02 Jan

ANSWER: You must make up this fast later as its not valid if you got your period even a second before maghrib.

QUESTION: I am 18. I want to fast on these days but my mother is not allowing me to fast since I have to study but I am sure I can manage both studies and at the same time time fast. I tried to convince her alot but she says not to fast since they are not farz and listen to her. should I listen to my mother in this matter ? if yes will i not miss the reward of these fasts

Fasting, Fiqh of the family

23 Dec

ANSWER: If your health is fine, you are not obliged to obey her providing your voluntary fasting is not hindering in fulfilling your duties towards your parents.