QUESTION: After completion of suhoor time The food which we ate in the suhoor That tiny pieces Got stucked in the middle of the teeth and after sometime it came out then Should we swallow it or should we spill out of the mouth ?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
04 Feb

ANSWER: You must spit it out.

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QUESTION: For 2025 shawl i have to make up my 2025 fasts ! coz im making up my missed fasts from pre years and even before ramadan there will be many so.. ihave to make up this year fasts for this shawal?!

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
31 Jan

ANSWER: You are sinful for delaying making up those days as this is fard while the 6 days of shawwal are voluntary fasts! 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman to do sunnah fasts on Monday and Thursday and not fasting the missed days, I mean will the sunnah fasts be accepted?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
06 Jan

ANSWER: She must fast the missed fasts first & the best thing she can do is make double intention of fasting the missed days as well as the sunnah fasts and she would get double reward.

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QUESTION: I’ve been having periods for 12 years, and since then i havent made up those skipped fasts/rozas . However, I have PCOS and I don’t know how many fasts I’ve missed over the years. Is there any solution for this, as I’m not aware of the exact number of fasts I need to make up? Can i give meals to poor people or money (fidya) as i may have skipped over 12 or 14 rozas per year.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
29 Dec

ANSWER: There is no expiation for this except to make up all those fasts. You must estimate an approximate number and add a couple more to it to be on the safe side and make them all up besides repenting sincerely to Allah for delaying them for this long!

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QUESTION: I’m flying from Pakistan to Abu Dhabi in Ramadan in the daytime. Going there and coming back within a week. As there is 2hrs time difference between the countries, can I fast while flying either side. Or it’s not permissible and/or recommended.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
28 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in fasting while traveling if you wish.

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QUESTION: Is it a sin if I am fasting and I tell someone ( a muslim – my sister/husband..) I am hungry? Fasting

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
30 Sep

ANSWER: This is not sinful but it will reduce your reward. 

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QUESTION: If we’re not fasting due to periods and if small children asks us why we’re not fasting what should we tell?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
30 Aug

ANSWER: You can tell them Allah has exempted women from fasting and praying a few days in a month. 

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QUESTION: What are the fasts except ramadan missed or shawl fast we can combine with expiation of an oath?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
11 Aug

ANSWER: You can combine mandatory fasts with Monday, Thursdays, a’shora and the 9 days of thulhijjah. 

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QUESTION: I did an obligatory fast and then I couldn’t remember if I did niyya. Valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
09 Jun

ANSWER: If you don’t remember then you must make up that fast.

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QUESTION: If I fast 6 days in Shawwal on behalf of my deceased mother (after fasting for myself) will she get reward of whole year fast?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Fiqh of the family, Funerals
07 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation and she won’t receive any rewards for that.

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