As fasting the month of Ramadaan is a pillar of Islam, the criteria that mark the beginning and the conclusion of Ramadaan is set by Islam as well. Sighting the crescent to determine when the holy month of Ramadan begins Read more…
Category: Ramadan
Question Is it permissible to fast in the six days of Shawwaal before making up days that I did not fast in Ramadaan, if there is not enough time left in the month to do both? May Allaah reward you Read more…
Question What should a woman do first: fast the six recommended days of Shawwal ( Alayam Alsetta Albeed) or fast equivalent to the days she missed in Ramadan due to her monthly period? Answer Praise be to Allaah. If she Read more…
Question Because of lockdown and the coronavirus, is it permissible to offer the Eid prayer at home if there are more than three men in the house? Is this a valid excuse for praying at home? If someone offers this Read more…
Question I live in the eastern US. On the 29th of Sha‘baan, it was announced that the following day would be the first day of Ramadan according to astronomical calculations. This was at the time of ‘Asr (mid-afternoon), and no one Read more…
Question I have a question, and I am looking for an answer for a friend. I know that the expiation for having intercourse during the day in Ramadan is like the expiation for zihaar [a jaahili form of divorce in Read more…
Question Except ramadan can i go fasting like every monday and thursday with doing sahur like i could not get up for fajr and sahur in this case can i fast without sahur? Answer Praise be to Allaah. Shaykh Ibn Read more…
Question A person puts money in the bank and it is not permanent, i.e. it may increase or decrease during the year – how should he pay zakaah on it? This amount is not just for savings, it increases and Read more…
Question Is it permissible to read Quran while a women is having mensus (periods)? Answer Praise be to Allaah. This is one of the issues on which the scholars, may Allaah have mercy on them, differed. The majority of fuqahaa’ Read more…