Fasting and Ramadan

QUESTION: We know that if someone dies during Ramadan, they go to heaven directly at that time. But what happens to them when Ramadan ends? Doesn’t Allah hold them accountable?

Fasting and Ramadan, Funerals

01 May

ANSWER: What you have heard is not authentic

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: Giving zakal ul fitr in the name of our deceased father/mother/Grandparents for them to get the blessings and reward out of it, is it permissible or is it an innovation?

Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations, Zakat

29 Mar

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to give zakat ul fitr on behalf of deceased people & it’s an innovation.

QUESTION: I will perform umroh after Ramadhan inshaAllah,and I’m at juz 29 of the Al-Quran Is it better to khatam in Ramadhan or in Mecca?

Fasting and Ramadan, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

29 Mar

ANSWER: Finish it in Ramadan and you can again start reciting in Makkah as the sunnah is to complete reciting the whole Quran every month!

QUESTION: How should muslims living in non muslim countries determine their Eid? There’s no Islamic centers or ulama or anyone who is responsible for Muslims here. Should they look at the moon or follow Saudi Arabia, or closest Muslim country?

Fasting and Ramadan

29 Mar

ANSWER: If there is no Muslim authority in their country, they should follow the closest country to them that has a Muslim authority

QUESTION: The qunoot being recited by Imam is too long to a point where I can feel the stress on my hands and I’m just hoping he finishes. I have no problem with long qunoot if my hands were on my chest. Is it less rewarding though to keep hands on the chest while qunoot is being recited by Imam?

Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

29 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in putting it on your chest as it is not mandatory and the length of the duaa they are making it is not from the sunnah either !

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