Ramadan Basics

• Why do obsessive thoughts increase in Ramadan, even though the devils are chained therein, and how can one seek refuge from Satan when he is chained?
• Is it obligatory to make up or offer expiation for one who swallowed their saliva mixed with blood from a mouth wound while fasting, given the initial doubt about the presence of blood?
• Which is better in Ramadan: spreading knowledge on WhatsApp to serve Da‘wah, or occupying oneself with reading the Quran?
• Is the fast valid for one who intended to fast a specific day a week in advance, but forgot to renew the intention on the day preceding the fast?
• What is the ruling on someone who fondled his wife during the daytime in Ramadan, then left her when he felt semen about to be released, but then semen was released about a minute later?
• Does God accept the repentance of a person who strayed from religion, was influenced by atheistic thought, and mocked the Divine Essence and religion, while suffering from psychological illnesses and sexual deviance? And are his previous good deeds, such as Hajj, accepted? And is he required to repeat Hajj? And should he fast Ramadan and pray Tarawih as usual?
• Is reciting the Qur’an in Ramadan while I am not fasting counted?
• What is the ruling on a husband having sexual intercourse with his wife five times on different days during the daylight hours of Ramadan? Is it permissible to feed the poor instead of fasting due to hardship? Is expiation required for each day? Is expiation incumbent upon the wife if she initiated the foreplay?
• What is the ruling on one who had intercourse with his wife during the daytime in Ramadan due to his long absence from her, knowing the ruling of its prohibition, but ignorant of the severity of the expiation (freeing a slave), while being able to pay it?
• What must she do after her husband fondled her from behind, and she is unsure whether penetration occurred, and she decided to fast for two months as expiation for that?
• Does using a Vitamin C cream with an orange scent and flavor on the skin during the daytime in Ramadan break the fast of the fasting person?
• Does joking with one's sister, knowing that she is not fasting in Ramadan—for legitimate religious reasons—constitute mockery of the religion to the extent of disbelief?
• Is chatting on Facebook while fasting considered forbidden?
• Does the clear fluid that is discharged after masturbation during the daytime in Ramadan—the nature of which the girl was unaware of—invalidate the fast?
• Is the fast valid for a person whose tongue was cut during the daytime in Ramadan, with the intention to break the fast due to fear, obsessive thoughts, and dizziness, and who swallowed something they do not know if it was blood or thyme, and felt the presence of thyme stuck in their throat?
• Is it permissible to adopt the ruling of the Hanafi school of thought regarding the issue of swallowing blood present in the mouth during a Ramadan fast?
• Is it necessary to make up for days of fasting where the intention to fast was doubtful due to intrusive thoughts about the intention?
• Does holding semen after masturbating during the daytime in Ramadan invalidate the fast?
• What is the ruling on using "al-Nafha" during the daytime in Ramadan?
• What is the ruling regarding my pregnant wife's fasting in the last month of Ramadan, what is the expiation for her not fasting, and is Zakat or anything else incumbent upon me?
• What is the expiation for sexual intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan for a couple if the wife was the one who initiated the foreplay?
• What is the ruling on someone who used to masturbate during the day in Ramadan, being ignorant of its prohibition and not knowing the number of days they did so, and are they required to fast or feed the poor?
• Does masturbating in the daytime in Ramadan semi-involuntarily after intending to stop it invalidate the fast, and does that affect the reward of the ‘Umrah performed a few days earlier?
• What is the ruling on one who broke his fast on an unknown number of days in Ramadan by intentionally emitting semen, thinking that this does not invalidate the fast or necessitate expiation, knowing that this was the first Ramadan he had fasted, and is expiation obligatory for these days whose number he does not know?