Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Could you explain the principles of those things that invalidate the ritual fasts (sawm)? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. In general, the things that invalidate the fast are, deliberately eating, drinking and engaging in sexual intercourse.…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it a must for me to make up missed ṣalats (ritual prayer) and fasts? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. May Allāh reward and bless you for your commitment towards the injunctions of the religion. Missed…
By Shaykh Omar Subedar What is fasting (ṣawm)? Ṣawm is defined as ‘to intentionally not eat, drink and have sex from dawn to sunset.’ Why is ṣawm important? Ṣawm is an integral practice of Islam. It is an activity that yields great benefits. For example: It draws you closer to Allāh, the Almighty. It helps…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible to swallow saliva while fasting? Does it break the fast? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Swallowing one’s own saliva will not invalidate the fast. (See: Badā’i al Ṣanā’i) The act of one deliberately…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it a must, meaning an obligation to have suhūr when making up for fasts one has missed in Ramadān? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Having the pre-dawn meal (suḥūr) is a recommended prophetic act. If…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: The concern I had was with the claim that Fajr begins at the appearance of the morning white twilight (as opposed to the red twilight). I was wondering if I could please get a few verses, ḥadīths, or rulings of the fiqh scholars on this matter. Answer: In the…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: For women, if our menses are anticipated to fall or coincide during Ḥajj/ ‘Umrah or the last ten days of Ramaḍān, is it okay to use contraceptives or take pills to delay our cycle so we can pray, make ṭawāf and fast on those days? Answer: In the Name…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible to swallow saliva while fasting? Does it break the fast? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Swallowing one’s own saliva will not invalidate the fast. (See: Badā’i al Ṣanā’i) The act of one deliberately gathering, collecting and swallowing one’s own saliva, to quench…
Answered by Shaykh Khālid Saifullāh Al Raḥmānī Rendered into English by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling of keeping Ramadān fasts in regions where the days are lengthy? What if the day stretches to 17 hours? Are we still to fast? What about the elderly and weak? How would the people living in…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I performed Ḥajj (pilgrimage), Alḥamdulillah, in 2010. Since I am back, I am fasting for the days (of Ramadān) I had missed during my teenage years. Now somebody tells me I do not need to recover those missed fasts, because all my past sins are forgiven by Allāh. I…