Siyam – Fasting



Fasting, obligatory and voluntary.


How to expiate for breaking fast deliberately?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Q: When I was 17, I broke my fast…half deliberately, half out of stupidity and ignorance. I have asked Allah for forgiveness but now I also want to make up for it according to Islamic jurisprudence. I am getting 2 different advices and need clarification of which one pertains to me. Continue reading →

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Payment of Missed fasts

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

I have to pay my missed fasts. I live in Finland and i don’t know enough needy people to give money to them. Continue reading →

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Swallowing phlegm break fast?

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Eshaykh Staff

Q: Does swallowing phlegm break the fast? Continue reading →

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Missed fasts and prayers due to mental health

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

I reverted to Islam 14 years ago. I have difficulties to fast Ramadan and to pray. Continue reading →

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Does wife need permission to fast?
Est-ce que l’épouse doit demander la permission pour jeûner?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Does a wife have to ask permission from her husband to keep nafl fasts, for example voluntary fasting in Muharram? Taking into account the fasting is short in the winter months and we are both at work all day and do not see each other, so it does not affect marital relations.[fr]Est-ce qu’une épouse doit demander la permission à son mari pour observer des jeûnes nafl, par exemple, le jeûne volontaire du mois de Muharram?[/fr] Continue reading →

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Est-ce que l’épouse doit demander la permission pour jeûner?

Multiple Intentions for Single Worship

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: If I fast inshaAllah for the next ten days (of Dhul-hijjah), should my niyyah be for Dhul-hijjah, for Ramadan, or is it possible for it to be for both? Continue reading →

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Fasting: Why Stop Eating 10 Minutes Before Fajr (Imsak)?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

Q: Most books of fiqh seem to state that the wajib time to begin fasting is at the true dawn (when the second adhan in pronounced)….?

A: This is not a ‘requirement’ but, rather, a recommendation, for the reason you mentioned… Continue reading →

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Requirements for Women Fasting Ramadan

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Q: Please provide some guidelines on the requirements of women fasting during Ramadan.

A: … Allah grants special mercy for women, and requirements of worship are less stringent for them than for men… Continue reading →

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Differences in Times of Imsak

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

…I just wanted some background on the issue of why there seems to be so much disparity on the time for when suhur ends and fajr starts… Continue reading →

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