Fasting

ANSWER: Your fast is valid as long as you do not swallow any medication that they put in your mouth. It’s best to go after iftar. 

ANSWER: Yes, it is still required.   

ANSWER: She must make them up now.  She must estimate an appropriate number and add a couple more to be on the safe side and make them all up. She can start fasting the 3 white days of the lunar month and Mondays and Thursdays with double intention of missed fasts as well as the […]

ANSWER: The fast is valid if this is for voluntary fasts and you didn’t eat or drink after athan if Fajr. This doesn’t apply to  mandatory fasting as The intention for making up a missed mandatory fast must be made the night before.

ANSWER: If doctors say she is chronically ill and will never be able to fast again, she must feed one poor Muslim one meal at the end of every day of Ramadan. She can also prepare food and feed 30 poor Muslim at the end of the month however, if this is not a chronic illness, there is no expiation on her and she […]

ANSWER: No, it doesn’t. 

ANSWER: You must have the intention of fasting the missed fasts of Ramadan on these days before athan of fajr and then you will have both intentions on the same day with double rewards. 

ANSWER: This is permissible, providing the intention of fasting the fard fast was made prior to the athan of fajr or a night before. Not having suhoor has no impact on the validity of fasts but one would lose a great deal of reward for skipping this great sunnah. 

ANSWER: You will be rewarded for voluntary fasts but the reward is reduced depending on the time you intended it.