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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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Age for prayer and fast

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Shaykh Senad Agic

I want to know according to Hanafi school what is the age for a boy and for a girl after which fasting in Ramadan and offering 5 daily prayers become obligatory upon him/her? Continue reading →

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Dream: To hear devil inside oneself

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

I fasted on Arafat, and the day after I prayed fajr. Then I slept and came a peaceful feeling in my breast but I really heard an enormous hoarse scream coming from inside myself. Continue reading →

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Reciting Quran during menses

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Q: I am wondering if I can recite my daily awrad by mouth during this time or if I have to do it silently in the heart? 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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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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