Fasting

QUESTION: Sheikh, I really wanted to fast on the Day of Arafah this year, as I learnt about the Hadith that it expiates the sins of the previous and the upcoming years, but I got my periods, which was decreed for me by Allah. Will I get the reward, will my sins be forgiven (if I verbally seek Istaghfaar) while I cannot fast?

Fasting, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

26 Jun

ANSWER: You will be rewarded in Sha Allah for your intention. If you had a habit of fasting it every year in the past, you will be rewarded as if you had fasted it in Sha Allah

QUESTION: Can I do sunnah fasts if I haven’t completed the Ramadan debt yet?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

26 Jun

ANSWER: No problem but it would be wise to combine your missed fasts with the sunnah fasts to gain double the reward (except for Shawwal fasts)

QUESTION: In last ten days of dhul hijjah we should fast 2 days or 1day?? Like only the day of aashura or ashura plus one morw behind it and front of it?

Fasting

21 Jun

ANSWER: It’s the FIRST 10 days of dhul hijjah. You can fast any of the first 9 days but the most important of them all is the 9th day of dhul hijjah (day of arafah). It’s totally prohibited to fast on the 10th of dhul hijjah because it’s the eid day.

QUESTION: On which day should the fast of Arafah be observed 9th of zilhaj according to saudia or the country in which you live i.e. pakistan

Fasting

20 Jun

ANSWER: This depends on the moon sighting in your own country.

QUESTION: Is it prohibited to take out and have food that strucks in teeth?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fasting, Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: If there is food stuck in your teeth, there is no problem in taking it out and throwing it away or swallowing it if you are not fasting or praying.

QUESTION: What is the ruling for women on fasting the 6th fast of Shawwal as they have to complete their missed fasts from Ramadan too? So do we have to complete our missed obligatory fast before fasting for Shawwal or is it ok if I fast the 6th fasting of Shawwal and complete missed fast of Ramadan later?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

01 May

ANSWER: You must fast the missed days of Ramadan first and then fast the 6 days of Shawwal.

QUESTION: Sheikh , I want to keep nafl fast . But my mother isn’t allowing me . Is it obligatory upon me to obey her in this matter

Fasting

28 Apr

ANSWER: No, it is not obligatory as long as your fasting is not stopping you from serving her well.

QUESTION: I sometimes have a thought maybe when i wear a mask or sniff a cloth or when in sujud ,that maybe I inhaled dust when fasting but I ignore it cause is something that can’t be avoided and even if it was there will feel it , I want to know I what I am doing is right .

Fasting

04 Apr

ANSWER: Yes. Dust does not break your fast.

QUESTION: I learned that to get the reward of someone’s fasting u have to give him a proper meal,not just a date/a glass of water.is it true?

Fasting

20 Mar

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute among scholars. Some say that it is sufficient to give him whatever breaks his fast even if it was a sip of water and this is the opinion of Sheikh Ibn othaimeen and others. Other scholars said that it has to be a full meal that would nurture […]

QUESTION: My brother gets unbearably painful kidney stones often. It worsened during Ramadan last year due to dehydration. Is he exempted from fasting and can we give fidya instead?

Fasting

16 Mar

ANSWER: If he is exempted from fasting according to the instructions of a trusted Muslim doctor and the doctors say that he would never be able to fast again till the rest of his life, he can feed one person after the day of Ramadan is over. You must not give it in advance. But […]

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