Fatwas on Fasting

Fatwas on the New Moon Sighting

• Moon Sighting & the Beginning of Ramadan 

• Fasting Is Based on the Lunar Islamic Calendar

• Which Moon Sighting to Follow: Makkah or North America?

• Ramadan & Unity of Muslim Community

Family in Ramadan

• Can a Muslim Break His Fast to Share His Family Thanksgiving?

• Kissing One's Spouse while Fasting

• My Husband Does Not Fast: Should I Cook for Him?

• When Should Children Be Encouraged to Fast

Morals of the Fasting Person

• Fasting: Meaning & Rules

• How Do Muslims Welcome Ramadan?

• Lessons & Moralities of Fasting

• Does Committing Sins Break the Fast?

• Ramadan Felicitations: Are They Bid`ah?

• Will the Fast of a Person Who Doesn’t Pray Be Acceptable?

• Effect of Lying on Fasting

• Masturbation: Does It Break the Fast?  

Woman in Ramadan

• Is a Nursing Mother Exempted from Fasting?

• My Husband Does Not Fast: Should I Cook for Him?

• The Aged & Pregnant Woman Not Fasting in Ramadan

• Fasting while Wearing Lipstick

• Not Wearing Hijab: Will My Fast and Prayer Accepted?

• Wearing Hijab Only in Ramadan

• Women Performing I`tikaf in the Mosque

• Is Tarawih Mandatory on Women?

• Women Taking Pills to Stop Menses during Ramadan

• Menstruating Women: Should They Make Up for the Missed Fast-days?

• Why Menstruating Women Do Not Fast?

Health in Ramadan

• Fasting & Improving the Health

• Can I Fast while Applying a Nicotine Patch?

• Using Mouthwash while Fasting

• Drinking Barium during Ramadan

• Fasting & Quitting Smoking

• The Aged & Pregnant Woman Not Fasting in Ramadan

• Using Kohl & Ear Drops While Fasting

• Intentional Vomiting & Fasting

• Does Using an Asthma Inhaler Break the Fast?

• Fasting & Epilepsy

• Brushing One's Teeth while Fasting

• Rinsing the Mouth & Nose during Fasting

• Using the Siwak & Breath of the Fasting Person

• When Patients Don’t Fast in Ramadan

• Does Gum Bleeding Break One's Fast?

• Post-Surgical Bleeding: Does it Exempt Women from Prayer or Fasting? Donating Blood while Fasting

• Inhaling Oxygen Does Not Nullify Fasting

General Fatwas on Ramadan

• Fasting: Meaning & Rules

• What Invalidates the Fast

• Why Don't Muslims Fast at Night?

• Why Ramadan is the Month of the Qur'an?

• The Lord of Ramadan is the Lord of the Whole Year

• Devils are Chained in Ramadan: Why Do People Sin?

• Ramadan & Backing Suffering Muslims

• Ramadan: The Month of Virtues and Blessings

• Infusing Vigor into the Muslim Ummah after Ramadan

• Fasting for the Repose of Someone’s Soul

• Using the Siwak & Breath of the Fasting Person

• Refraining from Fasting on Account of Studying

• May I Observe Voluntary Fast before Making up for Missed Days?

• Suhur (Pre-Dawn Meal): A Condition for the Fast?

• Should Zakah Be Counted in Ramadan?

• A Non-Muslim on the Shore of Islam: Can He Fast Ramadan?

• Lavish Tables during Ramadan

• Breaking Some Fast-days of Ramadan without Justification

• Conducting Iftar for non-Muslims in Ramadan

• Making up for Missed Days of Fasting on behalf of a Deceased

• Can Studying be a Valid Excuse for Breaking the Fast?

• Does Faint Invalidate Fasting?

• Does Madhi Break the Fast?

• Does the Emission of Madhi Invalidate the Fast?

• Tasting Food while Fasting

• When Should a Fasting Person Break His Fast?

• Making Up the Missed Obligatory Fast in Sha`ban

• Refuting a Fabricated Hadith on the Alleged Bizarre Acts in Ramadan

• Du`a’ When Breaking the Fast

• Breaking the Voluntary Fast

• Observing Voluntary Fasting

• Prayer and Fasting in the Two Poles

• When a Fasting Person Should Stop Eating

I`tikaf

• I`tikaf in the Last Third of Ramadan

• Significance of I`tikaf

• I`tikaf: Are all Mosques Proper?

• Using Cell Phone while In I`tikaf

• Women Performing I`tikaf in the Mosque

• Does Wet Dream Vitiate I`tikaf?

• I`tikaf during the Whole Month of Ramadan: Bid`ah?

• Seizing the Opportunity of the Last Third of Ramadan

• Means of Enhancing Faith in the Last Days of Ramadan

• Duties of Muslims in the Last Third of Ramadan

Tarawih Prayer

• Number of Rak`ahs in Tarawih

• Making Du`a' and Dhikr during Tarawih

• Holding Qur’an behind the Imam in Tarawih Prayer

• Is Tarawih Mandatory on Women?

Zakatul-Fitr

• Zakat-ul-Fitr: Rules and Significance

• Can Zakat-ul-Fitr Be Paid in Cash?

• Where to Pay Zakat-ul-Fitr

Fatwas on `Eid

• What Does `Eid Mean for Muslims?

• `Eid: Etiquette & Rulings

• `Eidul-Fitr: A Day of Joy and Thanksgiving

• Sunnah Acts on the Day of `Eidul-Fitr

• When `Eid & Friday Coincide

• `Eid Occurring on Friday

• Marriage between the Two `Eids

• Exchanging `Eid Cards

• Visiting Graves on the Day of `Eid

• Can Menstruating Women Attend `Eid Prayers and Classes in the Mosque?

• Women Performing the `Eid Prayer

• A New Convert Torn Between Celebrating `Eid and Christmas

• Dressing like a Clown on the `Eid