What Breaks the Fast
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What is the ruling on a fasting sick person who takes a blood-thinning medication every 12 hours, and is it permissible for him to fast for only 12 hours, or should he break his fast?
Does intentional masturbation, with the emission of semen, during the daytime in Ramadan, invalidate the fast, knowing that it does not weaken the body and expels desire?
Should a widowed woman in her fifties, who had marital relations during daylight hours in Ramadan in her youth, and no longer remembers the exact number of days this occurred, fast two consecutive months as expiation for each day, knowing that she previously fasted two consecutive months, and that fasting now might be difficult for her but not impossible?
Must one make up or offer expiation for masturbating out of ignorance of its prohibition while fasting an obligatory fast? And does masturbation invalidate the fast, and what is the ruling on one who ejaculates while fasting merely by seeing or thinking of something that incites lust?
Is the fast valid for one who intended to fast absolutely without specifying the type of fast, and is it obligatory to restart the expiatory fast from the beginning?
Is the opening in the upper palate inside the mouth considered part of the throat? Does cleaning the nose by inhaling water that enters the mouth invalidate the fast? Does this entail making up the fast (qada') or offering expiation (kaffarah)?
Does swallowing salty saliva after performing ablution with salty water invalidate the fast, given that no tissue was available to spit it out? And what is the ruling on this issue?
What should I do if I swore to fast for a hundred days if I did a certain thing, then I did that unintentionally? Do I fast for three days or a hundred?
What is the ruling on using clindamycin to treat acne during the fasting period?
What is the ruling on looking at the laws written on the walls of the examination hall, knowing that the writer is not the questioner?
What is the ruling on feeding a needy person for each day for a mentally ill wife who missed 28 days of Ramadan due to her illness, and she refuses to feed and insists on making up the days, and is it permissible to feed them all at once without her knowledge?
Is the fast valid if a fasting person ate while a muezzin far from his neighborhood was giving the adhan, then swallowed the food immediately after the takbirat al-ihram, and then a nearby mosque gave the adhan?
Is it the case that if one intended to fast a day in fulfillment of a missed Ramadan fast due to a legitimate excuse, but then broke their fast on that day, they are obligated to make up two days: one day for the missed Ramadan fast, and another day for the makeup fast that they broke?
What is the ruling on one who swore in writing on his mobile phone not to commit a specific sin, and then committed it?
What is the ruling on one who broke their fast for a day in Ramadan due to severe exhaustion, and do they owe a make-up fast and expiation?
What is the ruling regarding the days I missed fasting in Ramadan due to ignorance of reaching puberty and the obligation to fast?
Does swallowing the moisture from rinsing the mouth, which has a metallic taste, invalidate the fast?
How is it possible to combine fasting on alternate days (the fast of Prophet Ayyub, peace be upon him) with fasting on Mondays and Thursdays (the fast of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him)? And is it permissible to fast for an entire week except for one or two days?
If a fasting person swallows the lime that has formed on their teeth, does that break their fast?
Does swallowing something that gets stuck in one's throat after rinsing one's mouth, when it is impossible to spit it out, break the fast?
Does the fasting person break their fast if they put water in their mouth to feel its coolness, and a small amount of it unintentionally enters their stomach?
What is the ruling on making up for the past Ramadan, knowing that I broke my fast out of fear for myself and my fetus, and I am now breastfeeding and am concerned about a decrease in milk supply?
Does water entering the anus or vagina unintentionally and without extravagance break the fast of one who is fasting? What about its entering the ear unintentionally?
Does fasting one day and breaking fast one day in winter, and abandoning that in summer, count as a regularly recurring act of worship every winter, or must the fasting be regular and continuous to include both summer and winter?