Fasting and Ramadan

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 !

QUESTION: It was time to break fast and I was preparing my water and without thinking started drinking before making my intention to break my fast. I swallowed once before realizing and spit out the remaining water. I verbalized my intention and drank water. Is my fasting from the day still valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations

28 Mar

ANSWER: There’s no Verbal intention before breaking the fast as this is an innovation Once the sun sets and the athan is called, you simply break the fast by saying bismillah

QUESTION: A person lives in non Muslim country and no Muslim authority, and rely on apps for timing. They used Turkish calculation but changed to UmmAlQura few weeks ago. Today they woke up very thirsty 1 min after Fajr entered, so they changed calculation to Turkish and it showed that it’s 2 min until Farj so they drank water. Are they playing with religion?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

28 Mar

ANSWER: Yes, they are playing with the religion!

QUESTION: My local mosque does not accept zakat ul fitr in the form of food, is it permissible for me to give my mosque money?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat

27 Mar

ANSWER: If the masjid buys and gives food items to poor Muslims with that money then no problem. But if they only hand them cash, this is not valid.

QUESTION: If it rains or will making wudu some water goes on my lips and I put them in my mouth to remove them does this count as drinking and does it break my fast?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

27 Mar

ANSWER: If you intentionally swallow such rain water or any type of water like this, this breaks your fast.

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