بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡڪُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِڪُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ (١٨٣) أَيَّامً۬ا مَّعۡدُودَٲتٍ۬ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ۬ فَعِدَّةٌ۬ مِّنۡ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَۚ وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ ۥ فِدۡيَةٌ۬ طَعَامُ مِسۡكِينٍ۬ۖ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيۡرً۬ا…
Should a Pregnant and Breastfeeding Woman Make up Their Missed Fast?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The overwhelming majority of the Ummah, including the four illustrious Imams, agree that the pregnant and breastfeeding woman must make up for any fast that they may have missed during Ramadhan. This opinion is rooted in…
Virtues of Specifically Fasting in Rajab And Special Prayers of Rajab
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Specifically fasting in Rajab with the notion that it is Fardh, Sunnah or it has some special merit is a bidah. Likewise, there is no special Salah for the month of Rajab in Islam. Fasting the…
Fast: Orifices and Cavities in light of the Quran and Sunnah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الجوف والمنفذ في ضوء الكتاب والسنة واقوال فقهاء الامة The Ummah agrees that eating, drinking and sexual intercourse causes the fast to break.[i] Allah Ta’ala states, “So now, have relations with them and seek that which…
The Status of the Tarāwih Supplication (Tasbīh)
Traditionally, in each tarwīhah, the mustahab break between each set of four rak’ahs of the Tarāwīh prayer, the Muslims of different regions, especially in Makkah and Madīnah, observed different acts of worship. The Muslims in Makkah used to make tawāf of the Ka’bah during each tarwīhah, whereas those in Madīnah,…
Application of Vicks While Fasting
There are three (3) scenarios to this issue. The first two (2) breaks the fast while the third does not: 1. Putting vicks in boiling water and thereafter deliberately inhaling the steam (while fasting), will break one’s fast. 2. Fast will be…
Breaking a Qaza Fast
Question: I was keeping a qadhaa roza and at about 11am I got my period, subsequently I broke my fast, do I have to keep qadhaa of this qadhaa? (I had 6 qadhaa rozas before I started keeping this one,…