A girl reaches puberty in the middle of Ramadan
Question: If a girl menstruates for the first time in the second half of Ramadan, is she required to make up the fast for the whole month or just the days she did not fast after menstruating? Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. If a girl finds one of the signs of reaching puberty, she is required...
Her traveling husband arrived and had sex with her during the last day of Ramadan
Question: Assalamu alaikum, Dear brothers, please give us the clarification of our queries. I am a married women with one child. Soon after our marriage my husband left me to his working place (another country). Because his leave was shorter. He joined with me after a year on the 30th day of Ramadan. He started the fasting (1st of Ramadan) from where he works. But our origin country started Ramadan one day later from that country. It means my husband was...
Is fasting annulled by the fluid discharged when thinking about sexual desire?
Question My husband is away. Sometimes I imagine that we have sexual intercourse with each other, and that makes me feel something. This happens to me even during Ramadan. Taking into consideration that my marriage has not yet been consummated, I cannot differentiate between the fluid which necessitates Ghusl (ritual bathing) and that which necessitates ablution. Hence I do not know whether my fasting is valid or not. Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah,...
The wisdom behind the sixty-day expiation for intentional fast breaking in Ramadan
Question Why has Allah prescribed the compensatory expiation for intentional fast breaking in Ramadan to be sixty days in a row? Fatwa All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, salallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger. First of all, the sixty-day expiation for breaking the fast during a day in Ramadan is due only if the fast was broken by sexual...