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When Are Breastfeeding Women Exempted From Fasting?
The concession allowing pregnant and breastfeeding women not to fast is confirmed if they fear for themselves or their child. But the concession is not general in application; rather it is limited to cases of hardship or harm, or when it is thought most likely that harm will occur. This thinking it most likely that harm will or occur, or fear of that happening, which makes it permissible to not fast can be recognised from the clear signs in a specific case, especially when there is obvious hardship or exhaustion for the mother. If there are no clear signs, or the matter is not clear, then you must consult a trustworthy doctor.SaveMaking Up Missed Fasts After Illness
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SaveWhat is meant by the red dawn?
SaveHe prayed `Isha’ behind someone who was praying Tarawih, then he got up to complete his prayer and intended to follow him again!
SaveShe fasted based on the female doctor’s opinion that the bleeding was irregular, non-menstrual bleeding, then she realised that it was menses. Does she have to make up those days?
SaveShe became Muslim in secret, and her family are forcing her not to fast in Ramadan. What should she do?
SaveGuidelines on the type of sickness that makes it permissible not to fast; if someone intended not to fast, then in the morning he found out that his sickness was no longer so severe, does he have to refrain from eating and drinking?
SaveWhat is meant by the setting of the sun that makes it permissible to break the fast?
SaveHe did not fast the first day of Ramadan because his parents are Shi`a, and he is afraid that they will find out that he is not
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Response to those who regard some innovated matters as good, such as celebrating the Prophet’s birthday (Mawlid)
SaveFasting on Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday: Permissible?
Singling out one day of the year for fasting, in celebration of Mawlid al-Nabi (the birth of Prophet Muhamamd), is an innovation (bid‘ah) that is contrary to the Sunnah of the Prophet. For more, see the detailed answer.
SaveWhat Is the Date of Prophet Muhammad’s Birth and Death?
1. The biographers and historians differed concerning the day and month of the birth of the Prophet.
2. The strongest opinion concerning the birth of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is that he was born between the eighth and the twelfth of Rabee‘ al-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant.
3. The most well-known view is that the death of the Prophet occurred on 12th Rabee‘ al-Awwal 11 AH.SaveRuling on celebrating the birthday of the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) without any singing or other haram things
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