ANSWER: This is totally baseless and fabricated! Her fast immediately breaks as soon as the period starts, whether it starts one second after fajr or one second before maghrib!

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ANSWER: Are you more righteous and fearing Allah than the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam? He had never done anything like this and he used to swallow his saliva without this affecting his fast!

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ANSWER: Eid ul fitr is only 1 day! You can definitely start fasting from the 2nd day of shawwal.

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ANSWER: No, you must not facilitate or collaborate in his sin if he does not have a legitimate reason to not fast.  

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ANSWER: The du’a “Allahumma laka sumtu wa ‘ala rizqika aftartu (O Allah, for You have I fasted and by Your provision I have broken my fast)” was narrated by Abu Dawud, 2358. It is a mursal hadith so it is da’if (weak). Al-Albani classed it as da’if in Da’if Abi Dawud  (510) ‘Umar said: The […]

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ANSWER: He can fast even a day before Ramadan because these are mandatory missed fasts. If due to any reason he’s unable to do that then he must fast after this Ramadan. 

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ANSWER: No problem if it’s approved by your doctor though I wouldn’t recommend it as it causes a lot of disturbance in the menses and many women take them yet still suffer from menses during the period they want it to stop! 

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ANSWER: No. Simply break your fast with a date or something quick, pray in the masjid and then come back and have the proper meal.

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ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute among scholars whether it is authentic or not. Great Imams such as Imam Ahmed had graded it as weak. Nevertheless, the scholars say that it is not a prohibition to fast it but rather a recommendation for those who may get weak and tired.

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