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Delaying making up fasts until after the next Ramadan due to hardship
Assalamu Alaikum, during the two pregnancies, breast-feeding and brief illness of my small sons in the past decade, I had lost about 70 Ramadan fasts in all. My husband had always paid the fidya each year in time as and when I was unable to fast and it was our understanding at that time that this was sufficient, hence we didn't try to make up for the.. More
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Making up fasts for women with successive pregnancies
As-salaamu 3laikum. I have read all of your fataawa about the cases in which a pregnant or breastfeeding is excused from fasting and the different opinions about what she needs to do if she doesn't fast. However, I am confused about one thing. What happens in the case of a woman who has a number of children in close succession, so that there is no gap.. More
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She broke her fast one day in Ramadan due to extreme anger
I had a cousin who drinked water in this last Ramadhan because her children drove her mad and she had seriously problems and she couldn't speak she choked so she was have to drink , but she continued her fast after drinking , and now she wondeing what she should do?! Jazakm Allah khayr
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He missed fasts while he was young and did not make up for them until he grew old
My seventy-year-old father is retired and religiously committed. When he was young, however, he lived in a foreign country, to which he travelled while being young, and he stayed there until becoming a young man. He stayed there for seven years and returned when he was 25 years. He did not observe fasting of Ramadan in that western country for four.. More
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Effects of interrupting fasts intended for making up missed obligatory fasts
Is it true that if one intends to make up a day he missed and then breaks his fast during this day without having a valid excuse for this, then he has to make up for two days instead of the day in which he has intended to fast but fails to do? Please note that that person broke his original fast during Ramadan for a valid excuse... More
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Fasting the ten days of Thul-Hijjah with the intention of making up the missed fasts of Ramadan
Is it permissible to fast the ten days of Thul-Hijjah with the intention of making up the days of Ramadan that one missed, knowing that I gave birth on the 3rd of Ramadan?.. More
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Cases In Which Fasting Two Consecutive Months As Expiation Is Obligatory
Who is obliged to fast sixty consecutive days? If it is obligatory for a woman, how can she fast sixty consecutive days although she will have menstruation periods? Please, answer me in details about the rulings that make such expiation obligatory, especially those concerned with women?
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Breaking the expiatory fast due for having sexual intercourse during Ramadan daytime
I had sexual intercourse with my wife during daytime in Ramadan. I came to know that the expiation for that sin is to fast two consecutive months. I then fasted forty days consecutively and then broke the fast. Now I am unable to re-start the fast, but I do not want to delay the expiation. What should I do?
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Failed To Fast Many Years after Reaching Puberty
Someone is 36 years old and is a committed, practicing Muslim. However, he did not start fasting until he was 20. Is he required to make up for the days that he missed in the past?
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Must Fast Two Consecutive Months As Expiation for Sexual Intercourse While Fasting In Ramadan
My question is about the expiation for having sexual intercourse during daytime in Ramadan, which is to fast two consecutive months. Is it permissible to fast the two months separately, rather than consecutively, throughout the year?
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Breaking the fast intended for making up the obligatory fasts upon the husband's will
When a woman is making up for the fasts that she has missed in Ramadan, is it permissible for her to break her fast if her husband wants to have sexual intercourse with her or not, knowing that she sought his permission before fasting? What should she do if he threatens her with divorce?.. More
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Whoever Is Able To Make Up For The Missed Fasts Should Not Resort To Other Solutions
One of my relatives had reached the age of 65 by Ramadan 2000. Due to some health problems, he broke the fast for eight days and, owing to the same problems, he was not able to make up for the missed days. However, he gave a sum of money as charity (to feed a poor person for each day he failed to fast). In Ramadan 2001, he recovered and fasted the whole.. More
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It is not permissible to fast on behalf of a living person
Assalaamu 3alaikum. I have a few questions: 1. I used to perform salah by going through the fatiha,tasbiih etc. in my mind. This continued for 2-3 years. I was ignorant of the ruling that Salah will not be accepted if one would merely go through the statements in one's mind. What should I do? 2. Due to a chronic illness (weak immune system and repetitive.. More
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Order of priority in making up missed fast-days in Ramadan
Since I have so many different fasts from Ramadan to make up, and they are in several different categories, please advise me as to the order in which I should make up these fasts. Which categories take priority over others? The categories are: Fasts missed completely due to laziness, Kafaraah (60 days consecutive fasting) to compensate for deliberately.. More
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Close relative observing expiatory fast on behalf of the deceased
Are there any conditions for clearing the liability of the deceased who died before expiating for his broken oath? In other words, when the oath-taker breaks his oath and expiation becomes due on him; are there any conditions or excuses that exempt him from offering the expiation or clear his liability? What is the ruling on a person who fasted one.. More
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