Fasting

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "Is it mandatory for a pregnant woman to observe fasting in Ramadan and Ashoora? I advised my wife not to fast during the last Ramadan and she was not fasting because she was pregnant. She was anaemic when she was pregnant. She had miscarried by end of Ramadan when she was 12 weeks pregnant. What is the ruling about her missed fasting during Ramadan? Does she have to complete them before next Ramadan? Can she fast normally when she finds that she is pregnant? She always insists on fasting during pregnancy. Any medical proof will also help that the baby won't be harmed by fasting during pregnancy."

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "Does tabarruj invalidate the fast?"

Audios in English contain reading of the book “Fatwas of Ramadan on Fasting, Night Prayer, I’tikaf, and Zakat al-Fitr,” in which Sh. Ashraf Abdul-Maqsoud collected some fatwas of our scholars such as Sh. Ibn Taymeyya, Sh. Abu Butain, Sh. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al Ash-Sheikh, Sh. As-Saadi, Sh. Ibn Baz, Sh. Ibn Uthaymeen, Sh. Saleh Al-Fawzan, and Sh. Ibn Jibreen about the month of Ramadan, its rules, etiquette, night prayer, i’tikaaf, and zakat al-Fitr.

About rulings of itikaf(seclusion in the mosque for the purpose of worshipping),the manner of the itikaf of the prophet peace be upon him and the conditions at which it is allowed for the person performing itikaf to go out of the place he is secluding in.

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "When is the month of Ramadan and can someone like me fast properly? What time of the day am I supposed to fast?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "When exactly must one stop eating and drinking if one is going to fast? Is it the adhaan of Fajr when the muezzin says Allaahu akbar, or what is the exact time? What should I do if the cup is at my mouth and I am drinking and the call to prayer begins?"

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "What is the reason why fasting is prescribed?"

This is a questioned answered by the Permanent Committee regarding, On the night of the thirtieth of Sha’ban we went out to sight the crescent, but the weather was cloudy so we could not see it. Should we fast the thirtieth day of Sha’baan, because it is a day concerning which there is some doubt?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "What is the ruling on the fast of a person, who takes a bath during the day in Ramadan using hot water, then the steam from that water is in his bathroom and he cannot help inhaling it? I had a wet dream during the day in Ramadan and I had no choice but to sprinkle hot water on my private parts in order to get the rest of the semen out."

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed answers the following question, "I am now sixteen. When I was fourteen I had some bad friends and I used to spend most of my time with them. I used to go out with them during the day in Ramadan, and I used to break the fast and eat food and smoke cigarettes, etc. I also used to do the secret habit. I do not remember how many days I broke the first, as it never occurred to me that I would have to make them up. I also did not know that the secret habit is haraam. What should I do now? Can you give me any advice? Can observing naafil fasts take the place of making up fasts?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid answers the following question, “I am a young woman who missed making up some of the fasts I owed in past years. Is it permissible to make up the missed fasts only, or should I fast and also offer expiation? If expiation is required, then how much is it?"

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid answers the following question, “Is it better for a pregnant woman not to fast or is it better for her to fast and put up with the hardship?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid answers the following question, “Does acupuncture, if it is used to decrease or increase weight, break the fast of one who is fasting?

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid answers the following question, “I would like a detailed answer: Why is not the puffer that is used by people who have asthma regarded as breaking the fast?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, "Will a person be rewarded if he combines three of the six days of Shawwal with the White Days (13,14,15 from every month)?

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “In some parts of the Scandinavian countries, the day may be much longer than the night, depending on the time of year. The night may be only three hours long, when the day is twenty-one hours. If it happens that Ramadan comes in the winter, the Muslims fast for only three hours, but if it happens that Ramadan comes in the summer, they do not fast because they are not able to, as the day is so long. Please tell us when we should have suhoor and iftaar, and on how many days of Ramadan we should fast.”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “A man wanted to fast six days of Shawwal, and on one day he intended to fast but he broke his fast with no excuse, and he did not complete his fast. Does he have to make up this day after fasting six days of Shawwal, so then the number of days that he fasted will be seven, or should he just fast six days of Shawwal?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “We broke our fast when the neighborhood muazzin gave the adhan, and seven minutes later we heard another muazzin. After asking our local muazzin we found out that he had given the adhan by mistake, thinking that the time had started. What should the people of our neighborhood do?”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “I am asking about the topic of fasting and breaking the fast. I was speaking to my neighbors who follow the Shi’i madhhab, and they recited to me a verse of Quran which says that fasting is from the time of the white thread until night, and it is not until sunset only. This is what they said to me. I hope that you can advise me, may Allah reward you with the best of rewards.”

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question, “A man was travelling and fasting in Ramadan, and he intended to break his fast, then he could not find anything with which to break his fast, then he changed his mind and completed the fast until Maghrib. Is his fast valid?”