Fasting

I ate food after I heard the adhaan like 2morsel n two sip of milk with my BP tablet.in my area they r 3masjid at same distance of 1kilometre one masjid adhaan is at 4.30 a other is 4.31 so I am confused what we eat while adhaan is call n when their is one minute difference can v eat if we r late for shoot is my fast valid..very much worried in such situation.

18 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Once the time for fajr enters, you must stop eating and drinking otherwise the fast is invalid if you ate and drank knowingly.

I suffer from acid reflux and constipation. I also suffer from pains at the back of my neck and head and the diagnosis is ongoing. I have been unable to fast up until now. In the times I am constipated I get my pains and my urination is affected and find difficult to sit down. In the past I was unable to fast due to my stomach issue but now the pains affect my ability to

Fasting

08 Apr

ANSWER: If doctors say you are chronically ill and will never be able to fast again, you must feed one poor Muslim one meal at the end of every day of Ramadan. You 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 you and you must make it up as soon […]

If some saliva comes onto my lips during prayer am I allowed to swallow that or does that invalidate my prayer (licking my lips with my tongue then swallowing the saliva which is on it) and what about fasting? Does that invalidate my fast?

Fasting, Prayer

08 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this. It does not invalidate your fast or your prayer.

How should a muazzin break fast ? When the time for azaan comes, should he break fast and then give the maghrib azaan. Or break fast after the maghrib azaan. Or in between it. ?

Fasting

02 Apr

ANSWER: He should make the athan first then break his fast.

I will be 5months prengant in ramadam InShaAllah. Sometimes i am unable to wake up for suhoor if i miss suhoor i have to continue fast or i make it later after ramadan?

Fasting

29 Mar

ANSWER: If you are afraid that fasting would negatively affect you or your child, you can skip it even if you had suhoor and make it up later.

A man is very sick (maybe ulcer) without a specific recovery period and can’t fast Ramadan. He’s also too poor to feed himself, let alone others. This has been his situation since last Ramadan. He has tried to make up missed fasts but found it difficult. What should he do?

Fasting

29 Mar

ANSWER: Nothing, until he is cured or gets money to feed poor people after consulting the doctors to know whether this is chronic or temporary.

Some people say you can’t work in a restaurant in Ramadan because non Muslims are obliged to fast too, but isn’t the obligation only on Muslims? So can I work in a restaurant during Ramadan?

Fasting

28 Mar

ANSWER: Non Muslims are not obliged to fast! Rather it is not permissible for a Muslim to serve food during the daytime of Ramadan, whether it is to non muslims or Muslims.