Jurisprudence

1669. The Kaffarah of leaving out a fast of Ramadhan is to: (a) free a slave, or (b) fast for two months or (c) feed sixty poor to their fill or give one mudd (= 3/4 kg.) of food-stuff, like, wheat or barley or bread etc. to each of them. And if it...

1669. The Kaffarah of leaving out a fast of Ramadh...

1667. In the following situations, both qadha and Kaffarah become obligatory, provided these acts are committed intentionally, voluntarily and without any force or pressure, during the fasts of Ramadhan: Eating Drinking Sexual Intercourse Masturbati...

1667. In the following situations, both qadha and ...

1666. Certain things are Makrooh for a person observing fast, some of them are mentioned below: Using eyedrops and applying Surma if its taste or smell reaches the throat. Performing an act, which causes weakness, like blood-letting (extracting the ...

1666. Certain things are Makrooh for a person obse...

1662. If a person intentionally and voluntarily commits an act which invalidates fast, his fast becomes void, but if he does not commit such an act intentionally, there is no harm in it (i.e. his fast is valid). However, if a person in Janabat sleeps...

1662. If a person intentionally and voluntarily co...

1655. If a fasting person vomits intentionally his fast becomes void, though he may have been obliged to do so on account of sickness. However, the fast does not become void, if one vomits forgetfully or involuntarily. 1656. If a person eats somethi...

1655. If a fasting person vomits intentionally his...

1628. If a person in Janabat does not take Ghusl intentionally till the time of Fajr prayers, his/her fast becomes void. And if a person whose obligation is to do tayammum, wilfully does not do it, his/her fast will be also void. This rules apply to ...

1628. If a person in Janabat does not take Ghusl i...

1654. If liquid enema is taken by a fasting person, his fast becomes void even if he is obliged to take it for the sake of treatment.

1654. If liquid enema is taken by a fasting person...

1618. If a fasting person intentionally immerses his entire head in the water, his fast is known to be void, even if the rest of his body remains out of water. But this act does not invalidate the fast; it is a Makrooh act, and as a measure of precau...

1618. If a fasting person intentionally immerses h...

1612. On the basis of obligatory precaution, allowing thick dust to reach one's throat makes one's fast void, whether the dust is of something which is halal to eat, like flour, or of something which is haraam to consume like dust or earth. 1613. Al...

1612. On the basis of obligatory precaution, allow...

1597. If a person, who is observing fast, performs masturbation (Istimna), his fast becomes void (The explanation of istimna has been given in rule 1581/iii). 1598. If semen is discharged from the body of a person involuntarily, his fast does not be...

1597. If a person, who is observing fast, performs...

1605. If a person who is observing fast, intentionally ascribes something false to Allah and the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his vicegerents (a.s.), verbally or in writing or by making a sign, his fast becomes void, even if he may at once retract and say ...

1605. If a person who is observing fast, intention...

1593. Sexual intercourse invalidates the fast, even if the penetration is as little as the tip of the male organ, and even if there has been no ejaculation. 1594. If the penetration is less than the tip of the male organ, so that it cannot be said t...

1593. Sexual intercourse invalidates the fast, eve...

1582. If a person eats or drinks something intentionally, while being conscious of fasting, his fast becomes void, irrespective of whether the thing which he ate or drank was usually eaten or drunk (for example bread with water) or not (for example e...

1582. If a person eats or drinks something intenti...

1581. There are nine acts which invalidate fast: Eating and drinking Sexual intercourse Masturbation (Istimna) which means self abuse, resulting in ejaculation Ascribing false things to Almighty Allah, or his Prophet or to the successors of the Holy...

1581. There are nine acts which invalidate fast: ...

1559. It is not necessary for a person to pass the niyyat for fasting through his mind or to say that he would be fasting on the following day. In fact, it is sufficient for him to decide that in obedience to the command of Allah he will not perform ...

1559. It is not necessary for a person to pass the...

By: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Question: What is the teaching of Islam about pork? Answer: Pig is absolutely unclean and eating its meat, and fat etc., as well as using its skin or any other parts is strictly forbidden. Allah has said in vari...

By: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Question: W...

By: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Question: What is the teaching of Islam about pork? Answer: Pig is absolutely unclean and eating its meat, and fat etc., as well as using its skin or any other parts is strictly forbidden. Allah has said in vari...

By: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi Question: W...

IV. Other issues 1- Is it permissible to follow the Ahl aI-Sunnah in their timings for breaking the fast while one is in public or attending official gatherings and the like? What is one's duty if he thinks that doing so cannot be counted as one of t...

IV. Other issues 1- Is it permissible to follow th...

II. Pregnant and nursing women 1- Is fasting obligatory for a pregnant woman in the first few months of pregnancy? A: Pregnancy alone does not relieve someone of the obligation of fasting. But, if she has a reasonable fear that fasting would be harmf...

II. Pregnant and nursing women 1- Is fasting oblig...

III. Illness and restriction by a physician 1- Some physicians who are not truly committed to Islamic laws forbid their patients to fast, claiming that fasting is detrimental to their health. Should their orders be acted upon? A: If the physician can...

III. Illness and restriction by a physician 1- Som...

I. Applicable rules to menstruating woman [ha'id], that with istihadah and woman during puerperium [nifas] 1- If a woman's menstrual cycle starts while she is fasting on a specific day that she vowed to perform on, what should she do? A: Her fast is ...

I. Applicable rules to menstruating woman [ha'id],...