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: If we broke a promise to allah, can we combine the niyah of those 3 fasts woth the nawafil fasts like monday and Thursday fasts

Fasting, Oaths
01 Jan

ANSWER: Yes, this is permissible.

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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: Does consulting a fortune-teller for fun have any impact on the fasts of a person? Are they also not accepted for 40 days like the prayers?

Fasting, Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye
02 Oct

ANSWER: If this was for fun, this is a major sin and one’s prayers of 40 days would not be accepted.  His fasting and other forms of worship are not impacted. 

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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 anyone breaks an oath and fasts on Monday and Thursday will he/she get double reward?

Fasting, Oaths
01 Sep

ANSWER: If he has this double intention then yes.

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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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