Sawm (Fasting)

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Confused about fasting Ramadan
A few years ago I may reached the age of it being obligatory to fast Ramadan but I didn't know at the time, the problem is I am not sure when exactly it happened so I am unsure how many Ramadan's I have missed so I don't know how much I have to fast, and…
June 24, 2021
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is my fast valid?
my brother woke my up for suhoor around 3:45am 30 minutes before suhoor ends, but the problem is i remember drinking water after the adhan but have no other memory of suhoor other than that, and i don’t know if it was a dream or not i’ve been trying to ignore it and say it’s…
April 18, 2021
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Swallowed Miswak bristles while fasting
AsalamuAlaykum, I am making up my ramadan fasts. To clean up my mouth, I’m using wet or dry Miswak. After using, I spit out the bristles of the Miswak and clean my mouth. However while swallowing the saliva some bristles go to my throat and I swallow them with the saliva. Does that break my…
August 31, 2019
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Kaffarah for masturbating whilst fasting
Hi my qustion is i used to committe secret act and did not know it would break fast, then i found out however could not stop i have stopped more then half a year. i wanted to know is kaffara only for intercourse? Will i need to offer qaza for deliberarly breaking fast after realising…
August 23, 2019
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masterbation in ramadan
If I masterbated just before sleeping, actually i was in my bed and some bad thought came into my mind. At that time I was trying to sleep, and was almost asleep, after sometime i realized that there was ejaculation, does that break my fast. i was half asleep and half awake at that time
June 8, 2019
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Accidentally drunk water during WUDU
Assalamualaikum my dear brothers and sisters, I have been caught cold from yesterday night and still, it is ongoing. I have some ich in my throat. so forcefully i have to pull out some caugh. Now, in the time of Asr, i went to wudu and when i was cleaning my mouth that moment i…
May 27, 2019
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ejaculation happen during ramadan.
Assalamualikum brothers and sisters, Hope you well. Actually today 26th May, i had an ejaculation in a dream before Fazr time. Now, what happened, i woke up at 3:15 am then i did Wudhu and than drunk water from fasting. So, I have a work start from 5 am but because of Fazr Jamaat starting…
May 26, 2019
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Ramadan Moon Conflict in Japan
AssalamuAlikum, could you please answer my question, i am living in japan, in japan ramadan moon was not sighted, but Japanese muslim follow Malaysia, if in Malaysia moon sighted then they announced tomorrow is first ramadan, my question is this is correct way? majority follow here Malaysia, in japan two Hilal committee, one Hilal committee…
May 24, 2019
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