RAMADAN

Does Committing a Sin Break the Fast? Question: Does committing sins or backbiting break the fast? ANSWER No, it does not, but one should refrain from sins more...

Patients and Fasting Question: Can a person who has undergone full surgical removal of the stomach (gastrectomy) observe the fast? ANSWER Doctors say that for such a person...

Kaffarah (Expiation) for Breaking the Fast   Question: What are the things that invalidate the fast of Ramadan and entail kaffarah (expiation)? ANSWER They are as follows:1. To eat or drink while...

Question: What are makruh and what are not makruh for a fasting person? ANSWER The following things are makruh for a fasting person: 1. It is makruh...

Imitating Another Madhhab During a Fast Question: I have three questions: 1. I follow the Hanafi Madhhab. Though I take extra care when performing an ablution, water sometimes...

Question: If I skip some fast-days in order to understand my lessons better and if I make them up after Eid, is there a...

Things That Do Not Invalidate the Fast Some of them are as follows:1. If one, forgetting that one is fasting, eats or drinks,2. If vomit that comes...

Things That Invalidate the Fast Things that invalidate the Ramadan fast and necessitate only qada(making up for a missed fast; observing another fast in lieu of...

 The Virtues of Fasting and Ramadan Hadrat Imam-i Rabbani states the following about this subject: The blessed month of Ramadan is very honorable. The rewards given...

Fasting and Remaining Hungry Question: Some people say, "What can the benefit of remaining hungry and thirsty be?" What is the purpose of fasting? ANSWER Fasting is not...