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I hold the fast (sawm), but I smoke after iftar. Do I violate it so? Maria.
Smoking is a disliked matter. But if one smokes after Iftar, it does not affect one's fasting. But smoking in the day of fasting invalidates the fasting.
1. I hold the (fasting - Syam). Our team decided to go on holiday out of town for 4 days. Can I goe with them if you can swim in a bathing suit? It will not be considered a violation of uraza? 2. Can I fast during the cut and color my hair? Diana.
Yes, swimming is fine while fasting as long as you do not swallow any water. However showing ^awrah nakedness in front of Marriageable men is Haram, but does not invalidate the fasting. Coloring or cutting your hair does not affect the fasting.
What not to do during Lent? Recently I heard that the fast is broken, if a person scratch his ear. What else can I do? And how to open a position (break the fast)?Should I take a small bath? Seiran.
Scratching your ear does not invalidate the fasting. It's allowed to take a bath, rinse mouth, wash ears, and nose with water, as long as you do not swallow any water. Break your fast on Dates (Tamr).
It's Sunnah recommended to break your fast by eating dates if not available, then with milk, if not available then water.
Then to say Du^aa supplication:
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ
Allahumma laka sumtu wa^ala rizqika aftart.
Which means: O Allah, I fasted (Sawm) seeking your reward, and by your sustenance I break my fast (Sawm).
I am interested in the following:
1. Can I swallow saliva while fasting?
Yes.
2. Can I swim in public swimming pool during fasting (day) if there exist women in bathing suits?
Yes, but it's haram to look at the women's nakedness (^Awrah).
3. Is it possible to observe a fast if not to pray (do not know how)?
Even if one does not Pray, he or she still must fast. Not praying without an Islamic excuse is an enormous sin, but not fasting is another enormous sin. So if one missed both, then one is committing two major sins for every obligation missed.
4. If you do not know how to pray (not done) during Lent, what are other rituals for the month of Ramadan, except during the Iftar Du'a and suhoor? Dauren.
You must Pay Zakah to the poor and needy people.
See http://alsunna.org/Zakah-of-Fitr.html
You must learn how to Pray because it's an obligation. Praying is a very easy and healthy matter, even at work. If you pray at least the obligatory prayers, it will not take you more then few minutes a day, so we urge you not to miss the obligatory prayers. Do it for the sake of Allah, and Allah rewards greatly for that.
See our site on how to pray: www.alsunna.org/salat
A friend of mine gets up at 5 am, eats and reads prayers, and then again goes to bed. As far as I know, to get up there and before prayers Fajr. I am very worried for her because I want God to take (accept) her fast. When she starts saying that it is not right, she does not listen to me. Could not you give it an authentic hadith on this subject?Sabina.
Question is not clear. You can eat before Fajr, but once Fajr is in one cannot eat and is obligated to perform the Fajr prayer.
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I hold the fast for the first time this year. I have a few questions.
1. What if I accidentally made in the morning instead of Iftar suhoor?
Question unclear. If you ate while forgetting, then once your remember clean your mouth and you can continue your fasting.
2. Can I smoke after sunset?
Smoking is a disliked matter. But if one smokes after Iftar, it does not affect one's fasting. But smoking in the day of fasting invalidates the fasting.
3. They say that it is possible to fast for three days at the beginning, middle and end of the month? What happens if I miss a special one day (birthday)? Dilshat.
Missing one day of fasting in Ramadan without an Islamic excuse is Haram and is a large sin. One must repent and then make up that missed day after Ramadan.
Suhoor should be praying to? Is it possible to complete the suhoor a half hour before sunrise, then pray and read the azan? Question asking for knowledge, not to be lazy.Ruslan.
No, You must abstain from eating BEFORE Fajr begins. Fajr starts when the whiteness (al-Fajr as-Sadiq) appears in the eastern horizon, and ends with Sunrise (Shuruq). It's better to be cautious and more careful to stop eating few minutes before Adhan begins so that you do not compromise your fast.
Can I hug during Ramadan with a girl, which intend to get married? Can you kiss her?Do not break it fast?
No, If you are not married Islamically, then Hugging and Kissing the marrigable girl is Haram before marriage, in Ramadan and other times. However just hugging or kissing does not invalidate the fasting, unless one ejaculated because of that, then this ejaculation (Emission of Spermal Fluid) invalidates the fasting.
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What is the essence of Lent and its meaning for a person? And how to determine whether it is worth your health? Denislam.
Allah said in Surat al-Baqarah Ayah 184-185 أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۚ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ ۖ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ ۚ وَأَن تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ * شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ اللَّـهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّـهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ Fasting is an Islamic obligation, and it is a very healthy matter. For more on fasting see: http://alsunna.org/Ramadan-Rules-of-Fasting-the-Blessed-Month.html
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I have enclosed a form of TB, I have to drink tablets. The doctor said we should eat and has strenuously every two to three hours. But I want to hold the fast, against the parents. I feel that I can. What should I do? Timur.
Eating in the day of Ramadan, even medication invalidates the fasting. Taking any substance into the head or body cavity (even medicine) after Fajr and before Maghrib invalidates the fasting. So fasting causes severe harm to you then break your fast and make up those missed days in Qada' after Ramadan.
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I converted to Islam a year ago, when very fond of a Muslim. In the same year began to hold uraza. Now I'm in the army, holding uraza third day, but try to dissuade me from it. Advised to hold for three days and other days no longer hold, since I'm on a war footing. My normal conditions, I can get up to suhoor, can support themselves with food. I want to hold fast to be strengthened in vere.Skazhite if I could keep uraza if I really want to, despite the fact that I am a soldier. Ruslan.
Even if you are a soldier, student, or a worker, fasting is still an obligation upon you and missing any day is Haram sinful, and one must repent and make up those missed days in Qada' after Ramadan.
Fast and be patient. During the time of our Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the companion soldiers and fighters used to spend days fighting in Ramadan to defend this religion, and when they break the fast at sunset, they break on little amount of food.
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Place of work is pretty far from home, and I'm on duty most of the day running around in the heat on business. Can I move the fast for the winter? Amir.
No, Even if you are a worker, fasting is still an obligation upon you and missing any day is Haram sinful, and one must repent and make up those missed days in Qada' after Ramadan.
Fast and be patient. During the time of our Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the companion soldiers and fighters used to spend days fighting in Ramadan to defend this religion, and when they break the fast at sunset, they break on little amount of food.
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1. Please tell me if there is no way to fast the whole month (lack of will power mode and other reasons), can keep the first three days of the month, three days in the middle, and three days at the end? Will the benefits of fasting?
You are still obligated to fast the entire month, unless you have sever illness that prevents you from fasting. Fasting only few days, you get reward for the days you fast but the days you miss you are sinful and are obligated to make them up (Qada') after Ramadan is over.
Fasting is not obligatory on a person whose body cannot tolerate fasting, either due to old age or because of a severe illness. Moreover, if a person would be harmed by fasting, that is, because of his fasting his sickness would get worse, or he would die, then fasting is prohibited for him. The one who does not fast because of old age or an illness he is not hopeful to be cured of does not have to make up the missed days of fasting. Instead he pays an expiation to a poor Muslim for every day he missed of fasting. The expiation is two average-sized, cupped hands of the most common staple food of the country, which in this country, is wheat.
* According to the Hanafi school, one feeds one poor person two meals for each missed day. And so one can evaluate the value in money of the two meals and give it to him. Usually $10 is more then enough for two meals.
2. Can not go on the weekend before the morning meal, then go to bed and get up at 11:00 of the day? Laysan.
Question is unclear. You must abstain from eating BEFORE Fajr begins. Fajr starts when the whiteness (al-Fajr as-Sadiq) appears in the eastern horizon, and ends with Sunrise (Shuruq). It's better to be cautious and more careful to stop eating few minutes before Adhan begins so that you do not compromise your fast.
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I - a Muslim convert. I'll fast, but felt a pain in the liver, suggested that this is due to my chronic hepatitis B. Your doctor will tell for sure to refrain from fasting. If you cease to fast, then I calculated whether fidyu-sadaka: every day you have to give 1.75 kg of flour. Its price was 15 rubles. per kg. So 1,75 × 15 × 31 (day) = 813.75 - my fidya for Ramadan. Is it true? For me, this question is important because this is my first Ramadan and I had the sincere intention to observe fasting. Leon.
Fasting is not obligatory on a person whose body cannot tolerate fasting, either due to old age or because of a severe illness. Moreover, if a person would be harmed by fasting, that is, because of his fasting his sickness would get worse, or he would die, then fasting is prohibited for him. The one who does not fast because of old age or an illness he is not hopeful to be cured of does not have to make up the missed days of fasting. Instead he pays an expiation to a poor Muslim for every day he missed of fasting.
The expiation is two average-sized, cupped hands of the most common staple food of the country, which in USA is wheat.
* According to the Hanafi school, one feeds one poor person two meals for each missed day. And so one can evaluate the value in money of the two meals and give it to him. Usually $10 is more then enough for two meals.
May Allah accept your good deeds.
Obey Allah our Creator, we need Him, He does not need anything, He has no shape or form, He does not resemble any of the creations, Allah exists without a Place.
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Physician diagnosed me - anemia, prescribed pills with iron. Said that the anemia, if left untreated, adversely affects the entire body. Do I need this month to continue fasting or better to be cured, then every day to fill? Elzar.
Fasting is not obligatory on a person whose body cannot tolerate fasting, either due to old age or because of a severe illness. Moreover, if a person would be harmed by fasting, that is, because of his fasting his sickness would get worse, or he would die, then fasting is prohibited for him. The one who does not fast because of old age or an illness he is not hopeful to be cured of does not have to make up the missed days of fasting. Instead he pays an expiation to a poor Muslim for every day he missed of fasting.
The expiation is two average-sized, cupped hands of the most common staple food of the country, which in USA is wheat.
Allah said in Surat al-Baqarah Ayah 184-185
أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۚ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ ۖ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ ۚ وَأَن تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ * شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ اللَّـهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّـهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
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1. The question of ablution. Do I need before washing (taharat) to remove contact lenses from the eyes? Will be valid taharat taken in contact lenses?
No, you do not need to remove contact lenses for wudu'.
* But you must make sure to wash all wudu' body parts, and to remove any barrier such as nail polish off those body parts (Face, hands, feet..).
2. Before putting on contact lenses, they need to moisten a special liquid solution. If they are putting on part of the solution gets in your eyes. Do I need while fasting in this case put on lenses before the end of time suhoor (the solution does not hit in the eye after suhoor time) or they can be removed and worn during the daylight hours, and hit in the face of such a solution does not violate the fast?
Using drops in the eyes does not invalidate the fast.
3. The bedroom walls are covered by spouses Du'a texts, verses, pictures of mosques. In the performance of marital duties in such a room in his heart there is discomfort and shame. On the one hand, the performance of marital duties - not a sin, but on the other hand, when around the sacred texts and images in the soul there is embarrassment and shame. Is there any sin in the performance of marital duties in such a room (text and images are in every room apartment, except for bathroom and toilet)? Ruslan.
No it's not sinful. However the scholars said that directing one's foot towards the Qur'an or Islamic texts is Haram.
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1. Can I go to workout in the pool during the fast?
Yes, swimming is fine while fasting as long as you do not swallow any water.
2. If during suhoor I was in Kyrgyzstan, but for iftar, I was already in Moscow, I have to break the fast, Moscow time, or to Bishkek? Indira.
You break your fast according to the sunset of the city you are in.
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1. Violate any fast application of face masks on the face, as well as creams and lotions, deodorant use (no alcohol)? 2. And how can we meet up with my favorite sunset and after sunset? L.
Lotions, deodorant, perfumes and scents on the skin do NOT invalidate the fasting because they are not open inlets. You can use these even during the day of fasting.
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Can I use voice-frequency cream for those who hold uraza? Moldir.
Question is unclear. The open outlets of the body are like the mouth, nose, anus, vagina, and other. Materials which are absorbed by the pores of the skin do not invalidate the fast because the pores of the skin are not considered to be an open inlet to the body cavity. For example, rubbing oil into the skin does not invalidate the fast.
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I do not do prayers, unfortunately, but hold the fast. I was told that if I do not do the prayer, then my fast will not be accepted. My fast did not really take? Orhan.
That's not true. Even if one does not Pray, he or she still must fast, and it will be valid.
Not praying without an Islamic excuse is an enormous sin, but not fasting is another enormous sin. So if one missed both, then one is committing two major sins for every obligation missed.
Praying is a very easy and healthy matter, even at work. If you pray at least the obligatory prayers, it will not take you more then few minutes a day, so we urge you not to miss the obligatory prayers. Do it for the sake of Allah, and Allah rewards greatly for that.
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If I can not fast due to illness, how much should I give money (I do not know what it's called)? Abubakar.
The one who does not fast because of old age or an illness he is not hopeful to be cured of does not have to make up the missed days of fasting. Instead he pays an expiation to a poor Muslim for every day he missed of fasting. The expiation is two average-sized, cupped hands of the most common staple food of the country, which in this country, is wheat.
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1. It is known that women during the critical days (Menses) can not be fast. But in my environment there are some women who continue to fast these days! I can not convince them that they are wrong! Could you please explain why not?
It is mentioned in the Hadith that Fasting is not obligatory on the menstruating woman or the woman who is in her postpartum bleeding period. It is unlawful for them to fast.
2. If one can not fast during Ramadan, when you can do it and how many days to fast? Ramil.
The woman who missed days of fasting during Ramadan for these reasons has to make up (Qada') each missed day after Ramadan and Eid are over.
Assalam aliakum
We ask you to answer sincerely for the sake of God
barakallahu fikum
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I waited so long onset of Ramadan, he finally arrived! Fasting during Ramadan is trying to accomplish more good, more worship the Almighty, makes night prayer "Tarawih", reads the Koran. But what about the woman when it comes to menstruation? Because neither the Koran nor the religious books to read can not perform prayers are also prohibited. I heard that even the remembrance of Allah is also forbidden. Is this true? So what do you suggest to Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when coming critical days? I do not want to miss the moments of this month, when the grace of God is boundless. Fareeda.
Here are the details on the Prohibitions While in a State of Ritual Impurity (Hadath)
1. The one who invalidated his wudu' is prohibited to perform prayer, circumambulate the Ka^bah, and to carry or touch the Book of the Qur'an (Mushaf).
2. It is unlawful for the person who emitted maniyy (junub) to do the aforementioned, and also to recite the Qur'an, or stay in a mosque.
3. It is unlawful for the menstruating and postpartum-bleeding women to do all the aforementioned actions (perform prayer, circumambulate the Ka^bah, and to carry or touch the Book of the Qur'an (Mushaf), to recite the Qur'an, or stay in a mosque), also to fast Ramadan before the cessation of bleeding.
However, she is allowed to read the books of knowledge, hadith, fiqh, she is allowed to make dhiker, tasbeeh, and to say supplications (Du^as) for Tahseen protection from jinn such as Ayat al-Kursiy and the three Mu^awidhat for example.
So women should exert efforts in dhiker and tasbeeh, and to attend the sessions of Islamic knowledge, she will be rewarded for all of that.
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My husband's cousin got married two years ago, at age 29, her husband at the time was 26, both religious people, are respected. My sister could not get pregnant for a long time. After 1.5 years of marriage finally a miracle. She now holds the fast, being the fifth month of pregnancy. Live in Dagestan, which is now very hot. The very thin, weak, low hemoglobin, after the breaking of eating little. For all the reasons her husband's relatives (mother and sister) objected to the refusal, citing the fact that last year her friend was holding the fast, being pregnant, and normal baby girl. She has an ultrasound revealed that there will be a boy.
If it is properly entered in terms of religion, holding the fast and putting the baby at risk, so irresponsibly disposing of someone else's life? I understand that in all the will of Allah, but as they say, for God helps those who help themselves. Milan.
The pregnant woman is allowed not to fast if she fears that harm would come to her or her baby from her fasting. As well, the breast-feeding woman is allowed not to fast if she fears harm would come to her or her baby from her fasting. Both must make up every one of the missed days of fasting. As well, if the reason they did not fast was solely the fear of harming their baby, then in addition to making up the missed days of fasting, they must pay an expiation, or two cupped, average-sized handfuls of the most common staple food of the country, for each day they missed.
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If a person complies with the practice of religion for several years, and then throws, including non-fasting in Ramadan, it turns out that he would make like 60 days for every missed day? Alibek.
Among the conditions for the validity of fasting is for one to abstain from sexual intercourse during the day of fasting. If the person did not know that one must abstain from sexual intercourse during the fasting day, or he forgot that he was fasting and he performed this act, then it does not invalidate his fast.
However the man or woman who performs sexual intercourse during the day of fasting while knowing this is unlawful and remembering he is fasting, would invalidate his/her fast by that.
The expiation due for invalidating one’s fasting by sexual intercourse is in the following order:
1. To set a Muslim slave free;
2. If he was unable, then to fast two consecutive months, other than making up the day which was invalidated by his sexual intercourse;
3. If unable, then to feed each one of 60 poor people two cupped, average-sized handfuls of the most common staple food of the country.
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I, unfortunately, missed the beginning of Lent on the disease, and then began the critical days. I heard that the fast can keep 3 or 7 days, and now read that you can not do! Can I start now and make up the missed days later? Tahmina.
Question is not very clear. It is mentioned in the Hadith that Fasting is not obligatory on the menstruating woman or the woman who is in her postpartum bleeding period. It is unlawful for them to fast. The woman who missed days of fasting during Ramadan for these reasons has to make up (Qada') each missed day after Ramadan and Eid are over.
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1. I want to fast, but I do not know to what time it is necessary to complete suhoor and break the fast at what time. I live in the Khanty-Mansiysk, sunrise - at 5:24, sunset - at 21:33. Tell me, please.
The integrals of fasting are two:
1. Each night to make the intention to fast the following day
2. To abstain from the invalidators of fasting the entire day from the dawn until the sunset.
2. I am a donor, and every two months rent out the blood. The next time I will pass on August 25. Can I donate blood while fasting? Elina.
Yes, donating blood does not invalidate the fasting.
Injections into the skin or veins do not invalidate the fasting because they are not open inlets. Any substance that goes into the head or body cavity invalidates the fasting.
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Violated the fast if the apiary while working with the bees sting me a bee? Bee venom contains 600 mineral deficiencies. Insaf.
No, Bee bites do not invalidate the fasting just as injections into the skin or veins do not invalidate the fasting because they are not open inlets. Any substance that goes into the head or body cavity invalidates the fasting.
