Fataawa on Ramadhaan

Excellence of fasting

• Words of advice for Ramadhaan
• The ruling and wisdom behind fasting
• The significance of fasting
• The social benefits of fasting
• The virtues of feeding the fasting person
• Overcoming needs and desires whilst fasting
• The hadeeth of Salmaan
• The age a woman becomes Islaamically legally bound
• The ruling concerning neglecting to fast
• The ruling concerning leaving off fasting due to laziness

In a nutshell

• The obligation of the fast of Ramadhaan and it’s time
• The beginning and ending of the daily fast
• That which invalidates the fast
• The rulings pertaining to making up the fast
• What is required of the one who is unable to fast due to old age or a prolonged illness

Categories of people fasting

• The age at which a child is obligated to fast
• The fast of the child
• The fast of a young child who has not yet attained puberty
• My young child insists on fasting despite his weak health
• The fast of one who is senile at times and sane at another
• He becomes unconscious every time he wishes to fast
• Father is incapable of fasting at 70 years of age
• Non-Muslim doctor advised me not to fast as it was harmful to my health
• Not having to fast whilst travelling
• Those who are seen not to be fasting during Ramadhaan
• 15 year old too tired to fast during Ramadhaan
• Feels extremely thirsty and exhuasted at work whilst fasting during Ramadhaan
• 13 year old daughter too weak and frail to fast during Ramadhaan
• Parents say not to fast during Ramadhaan because of exams
• Not fasting in Ramadhaan due to exams

Sighting the moon

• Establishing the beginning of the lunar month
• Establishing the beginning of the lunar month
• One who sees the crescent by himself
• Establishing the beginning and ending of Ramadhaan by sighting the moon
• Ruling regarding searching for the new moon
• Having seen the crescent himself, but was unable to inform Sharee’ah court
• Not fasting until he sees the crescent for himself

Making the intention

• Making the intention to fast in Ramadhaan
• Fasting without making an intention when starting to fast
• A firm intention to break the fast without eating or drinking
• I intended to fast every Monday and Thursday but did not vow to do this
• Made intention to fast 60 days, but postponed it until winter
• The ruling regarding hesitancy towards whether to fast or not
• Fasted without making the intention until later in the day

Sahoor, imsaak and iftaar

• Fasted without taking the sahoor (pre-dawn meal)
• Nothing but water to break the fast
• Is it permissible to eat after the Adhaan for a supererogatory fast
• Sun does not set until late, so when should we break our fast
• When to break the fast whilst in flight
• Giving food and drink to the fasting person

That which does and does not break the fast

• Bleeding
  • Bleeding whilst fasting
  • Drops of blood flowed from nose whilst fasting
  • Whilst in hospital, they took some blood from him whilst he was fasting
  • Blood drawn out for analysis purposes
  • Donating blood whilst fasting
  • The ruling regarding the cupper and the cupped
  • When does blood flowing out nullify the fast
  • Having a tooth pulled out whilst fasting
  • Going to the dentist whilst fasting
  • Blood flowing from between the teeth accidentally
  • Suffering from blood flowing from between the teeth whenever I touch them
• Brushing teeth
  • Using the miswaak whilst fasting
  • Using toothpaste whilst fasting
  • Using toothpaste, ear, nose and eye drops whilst fasting
• Masturbation
  • Rulings regarding wet dreams in Ramadhaan
  • Had a wet dream whilst fasting
  • Whilst fasting, he is aroused then masturbates
  • Doctor asked me to produce semen for analysis, so I had to masturbate
  • Sister masturbated whilst fasting
  • Excreted semen whilst fasting
  • Excreting semen without intention
  • Excretion of thick and sticky liquid after urinating
  • Excretion of madhee (prostatic fluid) whilst fasting
  • Kissing a woman, who is eligible for marriage, whilst fasting
  • Had wet dream whilst fasting during Ramadhaan
• Medication
  • Using eye drops and ointment/liniment for the eyes whilst fasting
  • Using eye drops whilst fasting
  • After taking eye drops, feels taste in throat whilst fasting
  • Taking an anaesthetic injection whilst fasting
  • Whilst fasting, doctor placed medical instrument into her vagina for examination
• Sexual relations
  • Sexual intercourse whilst on travel
  • Kissing and playing with wife whilst fasting
  • Ejaculated semen in foreplay with wife whilst fasting
  • In a state of janaabah and the time of Fajr has entered
• Perfume and breath freshener
  • The use of oil-based and liquid-based perfumes whilst fasting
  • Imaam rebuked me for using perfume whilst fasting
  • Applying perfume on the hands, face, body and clothes
  • Using atomiser mouth fresheners whilst fasting
• Vommitting
  • Vomitting whilst fasting
• Miscellaneous
  • Being abusive whilst fasting
  • Backbiting and slandering whilst fasting
  • Giving false witness whilst fasting
  • Bad Speech during the month of Ramadhaan
  • Sleeping throughout the day whilst fasting
  • Swimming or floating in water whilst fasting
  • Applying henna to the hair whilst fasting
  • Swallowed water taking a bath, whilst fasting
  • Was told that washing hair breaks the fast
  • Cutting hair and trimming nails whilst fasting

Night prayer and taraaweeh

• Praying twenty rak’ahs for the taraaweeh prayer
• Holding a copy of the Qur.aan whilst praying in congregation
• Continuing to pray the taraaweeh (prayers)
• Travelling from Jeddah to Makkah to pray the Taraaweeh prayer
• The imaams elongating their supplication
• The imaams changing the tone of their voice
• The ruling regarding the taraaweeh prayer on the night (preceding) the ‘Eed day
• Adding another rak’ah to the imaam’s witr because one wants to pray some more – Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz
• If he missed something at the beginning of Taraweeh, how can he make it up? – Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen

Laylatul-Qadar

• The signs of Laylatul-Qadar
• Specifying the 27th of Ramadhaan as Laylatul-Qadar
• Distinguishing a particular night with worship

I’tikaaf

• The good and desired actions (specified) for Ramadhaan
• The meaning of “i’tikaaf” and its ruling
• The conditions of i’tikaaf
• Does i’tikaaf have a fixed time or is it restricted to Ramadhaan?
• When a person in i’tikaaf leaves his i’tikaaf
• Performing i’tikaaf in adjacent rooms within the masjid
• Teaching or giving a lecture whilst in the state of i’tikaaf
• Father does not allow him to do i’tikaaf for inconvincing reasons
• Leaving the masjid to go and eat or drink whilst in the state of i’tkaaf
• A woman performing i’tikaaf at home
• Specifying a particular day for i’tikaaf

Eed al-Fitr

• The congregational takbeer for the ‘Eed prayer
• What a Muslim says once the moon of Shawwaal has been sighted
• The wording of the takbeer and the tahmeed
• What to do when `Eed coincides with Friday
• What to do when `Eed coincides with Friday
• What is better for a woman, to come out to the Eid prayer or to stay at home? – Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen

Making-up the missed days and expiation

• Breaking a fast which was (legally) required to be made up
• Did not make up the days from previous Ramadhaan
• Ruling regarding one who had not fasted for many years
• Ignorant about obligation of fasting
• Awoke, and half-asleep ate some food, then realised that Fajr had already started
• Awoke, and half-asleep drank some water, but don’t remember at what time
• Did not make up days missed in Ramadhaan throughout her menstrual years
• Pregnant wife unable to make up days remaining from Ramadhaan
• Unable to make up the fasts because she gave birth during Ramadhaan a number of times over a period of a few years
• Had five fasts to make up and then she became pregnant
• Completed post-partum bleeding before Ramadhaan and then fasted during Ramadhaan
• Unable to fast for four years due to illness
• The ruling regarding having sexual intercourse during the day in Ramadhaan
• Had sexual intercourse a number of times during the same day in Ramadhaan
• Man had sexual intercourse with his wife during the day in Ramadhaan over a period of three consecutive days
• Is wife required to pay kaffaarah if she had sexual intercourse with her husband during the day in Ramadhaan
• Had sexual intercourse with his wife, unaware that time of Fajr had entered
• Died whilst still having days to make up from Ramadhaan
• A Muslim fasted some days in Ramadhaan then died
• The issue of continuity (i.e. fasting all the required days consecutively)
• Assumed the use of the miswaak had broken his fast
• Making up a fast of Ramadhaan on a Friday

The fast of other than Ramadhaan

• Should fasting the six days of Shawwaal be done immediately after the day of ‘eed?
• Unable to complete fasting the six days of Shawwaal, is there any sin for this?
• Used to fast the six days of Shawwaal, but then became ill
• That which is recommended for the Muslim on the day of ‘Aashooraa.
• The permissibility of fasting on the day of ‘Aashooraa. only
• Fasting voluntary fasts whilst having days (outstanding) from Ramadhaan

Other issues pertaining to the fast

• The menstruating and post-partum bleeding woman eating during the day
• What are the different categories/ranks in fasting?
• Does one who does not fast become a disbeliever (kaafir)?
• Fasting three days and nights in substitute for the thirty days of Ramadhaan
• The fast of one who does not pray
• Not praying throughout the year until Ramadhaan
• Conversation between male and female on the telephone whilst fasting
• The superiority of the last ten nights of Ramadhaan and the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah
• Hunting in Ramadhaan