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Fasts, exemptions, and related observances.

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Question 47 · fasting

Breaking a Very Long Fast Because of Severe Exhaustion

We live in Sweden and have only about four hours at night for eating and drinking. We find fasting difficult because the eating period is short and we cannot eat enough for a twenty-hour fast. We have begun to experience exhaustion, loss of energy, lethargy and dizziness throughout the day. We can do little other than sleep, and even sleep is poor because of fatigue. Is this a justification for breaking the fast, even for a few days to recover before resuming it?

Question 48 · fasting

Unnecessary Travel During Ramadan

What is the ruling on unnecessary travel during Ramadan when the journey requires a fasting person to break the fast?

Question 49 · fasting

Paying Ramadan Expiation Through Bayt al-Mal

A person owes an expiation for a Ramadan fast. If he wants to feed sixty needy people, must he do this himself, or may he give the cost of the food to the person responsible for the Bayt al-Mal so that it feeds the needy? May the money instead be used more generally, for example as part of payments made to people entitled to stipends?

Question 32 · fasting

Fasting for Students During Final Examinations

What is the ruling for students in their final school year, in both the literary and scientific tracks, regarding fasting when fasting causes dizziness and sometimes loss of consciousness, while others say they cannot answer examination questions well because of thirst and fatigue, especially when the examination halls have no cooling?

Question 33 · fasting

Why Liquid Injection Does Not Break the Fast but Enema Does

A passage in Al-Shara'i caught my attention: ‘Fasting is invalidated by what reaches the internal cavity through a route other than the throat, except injection of a liquid.’ Al-Shara'i elsewhere lists a liquid enema among things that break the fast. Why is injection excepted in this statement?

Question 34 · fasting

Past Fasts When Istihada Duties Were Neglected

If a woman did not know that neglecting the obligations of istihada invalidates fasting and she has fasted this way for years, are those fasts invalid and must she make them up?

Question 37 · fasting

Establishing the Lunar Crescent by Sight or Scientific Knowledge

We read the following question in Jurisprudential Answers — Fasting: ‘Q42: Must the crescent be seen with the naked eye, or is seeing it through modern devices such as telescopes sufficient? A: Devices may be used to determine the location, elevation and direction, but the crescent is not established unless it is seen with the naked eye.’ With the development of science, astronomers can now calculate the lunar phases precisely and photograph the moon at the end of the month through conjunction and the beginning curvature of the new crescent down to the hour and second. There are also narrations confirming establishment of the crescent through calculation and certain knowledge, and Quranic usage of ‘seeing’ is not confined to physical eyesight; moreover, eyesight can be mistaken while certain knowledge is not. Perhaps this scientific development is a divine invitation to unify the community in fasting times and Muslim festivals. What is your view on establishing the beginning of months through eyesight versus certain scientific knowledge?

Question 28 · fasting

My Master, My Niece Is Ten Years Old and Fasting Is Obligatory for Her. She Lives in

My master, my niece is ten years old and fasting is obligatory for her. She lives in America, where the day is long, and she is very weak and does not have enough strength to endure it, to the point that she can hardly even speak. My sister told me that she is extremely exhausted, and she is still growing. Should she complete the fast? Her father does not accept that she break it, while her mother sees her condition.

Question 30 · fasting

If Someone Wants to Undergo an Operation on a Day When Fasting Is Obligatory, Such as

If someone wants to undergo an operation on a day when fasting is obligatory, such as in the month of Ramadan, may he break the fast before the surgery if the doctor asks him to do so in preparation for the operation—for example, to take medicine or something similar, or anything else that results in breaking the fast? If the operation is not necessary, or it can be postponed until after Ramadan or after the day on which fasting is obligatory, such as some cosmetic or dental procedures, may he undergo it during Ramadan if it will cause him to break the fast for one or more days, or require him to break the fast before the procedure?

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