Ramadhaan, while I was fasting I had a nose bleed and the blood entered my body (i.e. flowed down the back of my throat and into the stomach).
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Overcome by vomiting whilst fasting
Is the one who is overcome by vomiting during the day in Ramadhaan required to make up [the fast for that day]?
Applying eyeliner and dying hair whilst fasting
Is the fast of the woman who applies al-kohl (eyeliner) and dyes her hair during the day in Ramadhaan broken or not?
Looking at immodestly dressed women whilst fasting
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?
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.
Wearing a watch during the mourning period
During the period of mourning, is it permissible to wear a watch for time keeping and not for beautification?
The reality of gender change operations
We see and read in Arabian newspapers about operations conducted by some of the doctors in Europe [whereby] they change a man to a woman and a woman to a man. So is that correct [to do]?
Promised to marry her if she embraced Islaam
I am the undersigned ‘Abdul-Qaadir, and I am 25 years of age. I wish to ask regarding a Christian woman who is 25 years of age; I promised her that when she becomes a Muslim I will marry her, and now she has embraced Islaam should I marry her, keeping in mind that my father is strongly against this marriage [taking place]?
Working nights as a security guard for a bank
He has been working for one of the banks for a period of ten years, and he [recently] learnt that working for banks is not permissible. He works nights as a [security] guard, and has no connection with the [trading] activities [of the bank], so can he continue working [there] or [should he] leave?