Does going out during the day in Ramadhaan to attend to one’s needs and then being struck by the immodestly dressed women [who uncover those parts of the body which are prohibited to uncover] invalidate the fast or not?
Category: Scholars
Sleeping and resting whilst fasting
I spend my day in Ramadhaan asleep or at rest since I am unable to work due to my [experiencing] severe pangs of hunger and thirst, so does this affect the validity of my fast?
Swimming whilst fasting
What is the ruling regarding swimming in the sea or in the pool during the day in Ramadhaan?
Eating hailstones whilst fasting
I heard some of the people saying that hail[stones] do not break the fast because it is not food nor drink?
Swallowing saliva whilst fasting
What is the ruling regarding swallowing saliva whilst fasting?
Smoking whilst fasting
Since smoking is not [considered as] food or drink, and nor does it reach the stomach, then is it [considered to be] that which breaks the fast?
Bathing or taking a shower whilst fasting
Is it permissible for the fasting person in Ramadhaan to comfort himself with water after the Zhuhr prayer by taking a shower or bathe in the pool?
Breathing in water vapour whilst fasting
I inform you that I am one of the employees at the General Desalination Organisation, and the month of Ramadhaan has descended upon us and we are [all] fasting whilst at work.
Too cold to take a bath or shower
On this particular day, he awoke just before the fajr prayer and [noticed] he had had a wet dream; and [as] it was a severely cold day, he went off to school for the fajr prayer after having [only] done tayammum.
When to make up missed prayers
[He] was ill and they did surgery on him; [as a result] he missed a number of obligatory prayers, so is he required to pray them all together once he has recovered, or should he pray all these obligatory prayers at their appointed times, such as [making-up] the [missed] ‘asr [prayer] at the time of the ‘asr prayer, and the [missed] zhuhr [prayer] at the time of the zhuhr prayer, and the [missed] maghrib [prayer] at the time of the maghrib prayer, and so on?