When are the elderly not obligated to fast during Ramadhaan?
Category: Fasting [صوم]
The fast of the one who becomes senile during the day
What if during the day while he was sane and was fasting, he then became senile?
Ramadhaan and children under fifteen
Are children under the age of fifteen who have not attained puberty ordered to fast as is the case with the [obligatory] prayers?
Did not make the intention that night to fast the following day
After a man had gone to sleep [one night], the sighting of the moon for the start of Ramadhaan was [officially] announced; [This being the case] he had not made the intention that night to fast [the following day] and [as such] he woke up in the morning and did not fast [that day] since he was unaware of the [official announcement of the] sighting of the moon. So what is obligatory upon him now?
Intention of fasting
Is it sufficient to make the intention to fast – once at the beginning [for the entire month] – or is it required separately every day?
Making a new intention everyday fasting in Ramadhaan
What do you say about the one fasting in Ramadhaan; Is he required to make [a new] intention every day?
Intention for fasting
Concerning an imaam of a Hanafee masjid who mentioned to his congregation that he has a book in which it mentions – if the intention for the fasts of Ramadhaan are not made before the last appointed time for the ‘Ishaa [prayer] or [even] after it or at the time of suhoor (the pre-dawn meal), then there is no reward for his fast. So is this correct or not?
Verifying the sighting of the crescent
How is it possible to verify the sighting of the crescent for any month, such as the month of Ramadhaan?
Masturbating during the day in Ramadhaan while fasting
Last Ramadhaan, while I was fasting, I masturbated. So what am I obliged to do?
Menses started just after sunset
If a woman came on her menses just after sunset, what is the ruling regarding her fast?