Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz Archives

Combing through the beard with wet fingers

Beard, Fatwa, Purification [طهارة], Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz 29 July 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is it a condition for the one who has a thick beard, that the water reaches the roots [when doing wudhoo]?

Taking medicine to reduce sexual desires

Fatwa, Masturbation, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz 27 July 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is it permissible for a man to acquire [and consume] some medicines which will reduce his sexual desires?

Sick woman unable to fast some days last Ramadhaan

Categories of people fasting, Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz 25 July 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I am a sick woman and was unable to fast some days during last Ramadhaan and have been unable to make up [the missed fasts] due to my illness. So what is the expiation for that? Likewise, I am unable to fast Ramadhaan this year, so what is the expiation for that also?

Paralysed and unable to fast

Categories of people fasting, Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz 26 June 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Concerning an elderly man, stricken with paralysis in half his body, and unable to fast; If he fasts, then his sickness worsens.

Postpartum bleeding and fasting during Ramadhaan

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz, That which does & does not break the fast 11 June 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

A woman’s postpartum blood flow ceased before the completion of forty days, so she took the ritual bath of purification and then after purifying herself she fasted the remainder of the days of Ramadhaan.

Taking pills to prevent onset of menses during Ramadhaan

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz, That which does & does not break the fast 9 June 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is it permissible for a woman to take pills to prevent the onset of the menses during Ramadhaan?

Too shy to tell my mother I had started my menses

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, Shaykh ‘Abdul-’Azeez ibn Baaz, That which does & does not break the fast 8 June 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I am a young woman and my menses began when I was 14 years [of age], and I was too shy to tell my mother about it. So after Ramadhaan I did not make up [the fasts] which I was required to, bearing in mind that this was 11 years ago, so what is the ruling regarding that considering I am now married?