Fasting

QUESTION: In Ramadan my mom makes iftar and im really hungry so i sit and eat for some time and then pray maghrib in home with my brother or sometimes alone and skip prayer of maghrib only because im eating. is it permissible?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

04 Feb

ANSWER: No! Eat a date, a few things to satiate your hunger a bit, go pray in the masjid and come back and eat.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to work at a grocery store during Ramadan? Because there i have to put drinks, generally edible products and there are people who dont fast so they buy things.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Halal/Haram Matters

25 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in this The prohibition is serving food in the daytime of Ramadan. People still need to buy food in the daytime of Ramadan to eat at the time of iftar

QUESTION: If someone broke an oath and they expiate by fasting 3 days because they cant afford the other 2 conditions and they end up breaking their fast through intercourse/masturbation Does the ruling of fasting 2 consecutive months apply to this too?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Oaths

14 Jan

ANSWER: No! They must make up that fast besides repenting sincerely to Allah

QUESTION: Is fast valid if we mostly think it is maghrib then we were about to eat then suddenly we had a doubt if it is really maghrib (no adhan) bcz we forgot to check timetable but we eventually eat because we mostly think it is maghrib.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

19 Nov

ANSWER: If you ate without being certain it is maghreb, this fast is invalid

QUESTION: Can someone complete the fasts for their broken oaths first, and then complete missed fard fasts (due to prior health issues) if they fear their desires getting best of them and them going back to the oath they swore not to do (it is not haram thing.)

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

03 Nov

ANSWER: No, one must finish first his ramadan fasts as these are more obligatory upon them.

QUESTION: It’s been 6to7 yrs I attained puberty since then I didn’t make up the missed fasts coz of menses.. So what should I do I do now?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

30 Oct

ANSWER: You must sincerely repent to Allah while showing deep remorse for delaying them for this long and must make up all those fasts now!

QUESTION: About the Sunnah of fasting 3 days each month: do these fasts have to be in the lunar months or can I also do 3 fasts according to the solar months (e.g. Jan, Feb, Mar)? (note that I’m not talking about white days)

Fasting

28 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, they need to be according to the Islamic lunar month

QUESTION: Can someone fast on behalf of the deceased if it’s a fast related to breaking an oath?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Funerals

25 Oct

ANSWER: It is permissible for the heirs of the deceased to make up obligatory fasts they had and couldn’t make up before dying

QUESTION: If a person is poor and doesn’t have a lot of money where sometimes buying food becomes a burden and he chooses to fast instead, is this fast valid or is the intention ruined?

Fasting

15 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as his prime intention is to do it for the sake of Allah. The prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa sallam used to come home after Fajr and ask if they have any food to eat. When they told him they did not have anything to eat, he would […]

QUESTION: As a kid I tried fasting with my family and I got hungry and had a snack when no one was looking and didn’t know about having to fast 60 days for breaking a fast til after. Do I need to fast 60 days for that?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

28 Jul

ANSWER: Fasting 60 days is for a person who breaks his fasting through intercourse. What you had done was wrong and if you had reached the age of puberty when you did that, you need only to make up for that missed day while asking Allah for forgiveness.

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