Ramadan Basics

• What is the viscous fluid that came out of me after watching pornographic movies during the day in Ramadan without feeling a tremor or force when it was expelled, and what is its ruling, and what is its effect on my fasting?
• Is it permissible for me to perform ʿaqīqah for myself—after I have reached 29 years of age—by asking my father to slaughter a sheep and distribute it to a nearby mosque without informing them that it is an ʿaqīqah? And is it possible to do that in Ramadan? And would I be at fault if I reveal the matter of the ʿaqīqah when explaining its virtue and Sunnah to others, knowing that some of them are well-off and have not performed ʿaqīqah for their children?
• Is it obligatory to fast the vowed days due to returning to a specific sin, or is there another expiation, knowing one is capable of fasting? And does the obligation to fast 9 days continue every time the sin is repeated? What is the ruling on one who has a vow to fast but has not fasted until Ramadan arrived?
• Is it obligatory to complete the fast if one remembers the intention after the day has begun, and is this fast considered a make-up fast?
• What is the ruling on the fast of one who involuntarily experiences a wet dream after Fajr during a Ramadan day, and is expiation required of him?
• Does insulting others invalidate the fast in Ramadan?
• What is incumbent upon a man who intentionally engaged in sexual intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan after he had been unconscious, then regained consciousness and completed the intercourse?
• Is playing dice without money permissible or forbidden? And is it permissible to delay making up a day in Ramadan for someone who masturbated during the day?
• What is the ruling on delaying the fasting of three specific days that were vowed upon the occurrence of a certain event, if Ramadan begins before they are fasted?
• Is the fast of one who drank forgetfully in Ramadan, thinking that the dawn (Fajr) had not yet broken, while admitting that he did not verify the time due to a desire to drink, valid and only requires making up the day, or does it also necessitate expiation?
• What should I do regarding a person whom I sprinkled with water in Ramadan and he thought it entered his throat?
• Is the fast of one who swallowed something from the skin of his lips with his saliva, or licked lips that had the taste of toothpaste on them after Fajr, valid? And is it permissible to count the extra days he fasted due to waswasah (obsessive whispering) as qada' (make-up) for past Ramadan days?
• Must a sick mother, whom the doctor has forbidden from fasting, fast Ramadan?
• Does the reward for fasting in Ramadan multiply seventyfold when going out for da'wah in the path of Allah?
• Is it necessary for someone who masturbated during Ramadan, being unaware that it invalidates the fast, to make up the days (qada') or offer expiation (kaffarah), given their ignorance of the number of days?
• What is the ruling on one who masturbated in Ramadan three minutes after the Fajr adhan, thinking that the Fajr adhan had not yet occurred, and then it became clear to him that the adhan had indeed taken place three minutes before his act?
• Must a girl make up for the years of fasting that her father prevented her from observing during Ramadan, claiming her physique was weak, while she believed she was capable of fasting?
• What is the ruling on the fast of one who doubts whether he committed masturbation while observing a fast, then experienced a legitimate excuse [that broke the fast], and Ramadan is now upon him, and he cannot make up the fast until after it?
• What is the ruling on one who finds the taste of toothpaste or food after rinsing more than 10 or 20 times while fasting, and how many times should one rinse so as not to be excessive?
• Must one spit to confirm the presence of blood in the mouth while fasting, and is it sufficient to expel the blood without rinsing the mouth during a Ramadan day?
• Is it permissible for a pregnant woman in her second month to break her fast in Ramadan if the fasting hours are long and she experiences extreme fatigue, and then make up the missed days later?
• Is it obligatory to make up the day whose fasting was doubted, along with expiation, if it was from the Ramadan before last?
• Does a bee sting invalidate fasting during Ramadan?
• How many times must the Ramadan fast be made up for, with doubt concerning the number of times masturbation was practiced while fasting?