A Compilation of Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (رحمه الله)

Points Covered:

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Introduction - Supplicating to reach Ramaḍān & Preparing for it
- The Example of Imām Mālik (رحمه الله)

• Question no.1: With the Blessed Month of Ramaḍān approaching, it is a time period of worship & obedience, so could you give us some advice and direction for this Occasion, and what is obligatory from us to stimulate & encourage ourselves with concerning Ramaḍān?
- The 3 Noble Acts of Worship that Ramaḍān entails
- The Matter of giving Zakāt, the Plots of the Shayṭān & what our Attitude should be towards Zakāt
- The Virtue of giving Charity
- Punishment concerning hoarding what is due upon a person
- The True Benefit of Fasting
- A Hadīth that mentions a couple of affairs that harm one's Fast
- How should our days be when Fasting?
- The Virtue of Standing the Night in Prayer & Tarāwīḥ 
- The Virtue of Standing with the Imām in Prayer
- What is upon the Imāms who lead the people in Tarāwīḥ prayers?
- What do find from within our Prayer?
- What is from the Pillars of the Prayer that many Masājid neglect & the Mockery some do in their Tarāwīḥ prayer?
- What is Inābah?

• Question no.2: Some of the Youth, may Allah guide them, are lazy & negligent concerning Salah both inside and outside of Ramaḍān but they fast during the month (thus bearing the hunger & thirst) whilst not praying; What do you advise them with & What is the Ruling on the Validity of their Fast?
- The Evil of Abandoning the Prayer though one may fast & give charity
- A Benefit of Prophet Ādam (عليه السلام)
- What does praying lead to?

Lesson 1 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (02.02.2025)

Points Covered:

- Is there a difference between Tarāwīḥ, Tahajjud & Qiyām al-Layl?
- The Connection between Sins & the Ṣalāh

• Question no.3: What's the Ruling on Sleeping through the Fasting Day & What is the Ruling of the Fasting person who sleeps in between the prayers and doesn’t do any other Ibādah aside from Ṣalāh?
- The 2 Circumstances this Comprises of

• Question no.4: What is the Intent of Fasting, in the Language and in the Deen?

• Question no.5: What are the Types of Fasting?
- A Word on the 15th Sha'bān (Shab-e-Bharāt)

• Question no.6: What is the Ruling on Fasting the Month of Ramaḍān?

Lesson 2 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (11.02.2025)

Question to Shaykh Anwar Wright:  In the city of Vancouver, Canada, there are a number of graduates from the Islamic universities in Saudi Arabia. In some cases, they have set up classes in centres and masjids not known for salafiyyah. Some of the youth who are new to salafiyyah have gathered around them. However, they have some questions about this. When they ask these individuals what scholars they take from, they will mention some of the kibar (major scholars). When it comes to teaching they will teach from popular books of aqidah (i.e. Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, Ṣifah Ṣalāt al-Nabī etc.). However, in some cases, if they are asked about Salafis who preceded them (in the daʿwah), like when asked about Salafi Publications they give obscure answers such as, “we do not know anything bad of them" or when asked about TROID (which has been present in Canada for 27 years), they say: “I’m not aware of them”. What is your advice to the young Salafi who is trying to ascertain who to take knowledge from in the West?

Advice to the Young Salafī: Verify Students of Knowledge

Points Covered:

• Question no.7: What is the status of Fasting in the religion and What is its Virtue in terms of worship (ibādah)?
- What does Eemān & Iḥtisāb mean?
- Why do we carry out Obligations?
- The Matter of Minor Sins
- What is the Amount of Reward for Fasting?
- The Matter of Taqwa

• Question no.8: What is the Ruling of Breaking one's Fast during the Day in Ramaḍān without a legislated reason?
- Rulings on the one who Intentionally Broke their Obligated Fast
- Can a person continue eating & drinking after breaking their fast during the fasting day?
- Can Ramaḍān be fasted outside of the month of Ramaḍān?

• Question no.9: How is the advent (start) of Ramaḍān established?
- Witnesses of the Crescent Moon
- Why are 2 people required to witness the Moon for Shawwāl (End of Ramaḍān/Eid al-Fiṭr)?
- How is the Moon sighted, the Ruling on Astronomy & Using Instruments to better sight the Moon
- Can we accept the Sighting of Saudi Arabia?

• Question no.10: What is the Ruling on the person who sights the Crescent Moon by themself?
- The Obligation of informing the Courts & the Ruling of the Judges
- The Views of the Scholars concerning the Individual themself if their testimony is rejected
- Starting your Ramaḍān and Ending your Ramaḍān with the people (jama'ah) of your land & not being irregular, doing your own thing and taking your own path

• Question no.11: What are the Pillars of Fasting?
- The Definition
- The 3 Signs that the True Fajr has entered 
- The Matter concerning those who Stringently Adhere to Prayer Timetables
- The 'Buffer' found on Timetables for Suhoor
- The History of Fasting; its Phases
- Allāh wanting for us Ease & the 2 types of Allāh's Will

Lesson 3 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (16.02.2025)

Points Covered:

• Question no.12: Who is Fasting an Obligation upon?
- The 6 Requirements Explained
- If the Kāfir becomes Muslim, do they need to make up missed fasts?
- Becoming a Muslim on a Fasting day
- Does the Insane person have to give Zakāt?
- The 3 Matters which indicate a person has reached Puberty
- A 4th Matter specifically concerning Women
- Advice for Parents to take heed of their Children reaching Puberty
- Benefits from Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) concerning Children & their Tarbiyyah
- What does a person do if they aren't able to fast? The 2 Types of Inability
- The 3 States of a Travelling Person; When is it Recommended/Allowed/Harām for a travelling person to fast/not fast?
- 2 Points to take Note of concerning the Menstruating Woman

Lesson 4 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (18.02.2025)

Points Covered:

Brief Recap of the Previous Question (till 6:42)

• Question no.13: Some young people think that the Accountability for Religious Obligations (like prayer, fasting etc) begins at 16 years old but they may have reached puberty before this age and did not fast - What should they do & is it binding upon them to make up missed Ramaḍāns (since the time they reached puberty till now)?
- Girls feeling shy to inform their family they have began menstruation
- When is an Obligation removed/fulfilled?

• Question no.14: What is the Ruling on the Validity of a person's fasts but they do not pray?
- The barrier that protects a person from shirk & kufr
- What is an indication of when an affair is considered Major Shirk/Kufr
- Allāmah Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmi (رحمه الله) on the evil risk a person takes concerning their ṣalāh

• Question no.15: What is the Ruling on a person who fasts & prays during Ramaḍān, but when the month ends, they stop praying?
- Only Knowing Allāh in Ramaḍān, is this a good thing?
- The sign of a person's actions & deeds being accepted by Allāh

• Question no.16: What is the Ruling on a person who fasts on some days, and does not fast on other days?

• Question no.17: If a person did not fast after reaching puberty for a number of years, and then they started practising (got on their deen), are they required to make up for those missed Ramaḍāns?

• Question no.18: What are the Valid Reasons that permits a person to not fast in Ramaḍān?
- 6 Reasons stated by the Shaykh (رحمه الله)
- The Fatwa of Ibn Abbas & Ibn Umar (رضى الله عنهما) concerning the Ruling on whether the Pregnant and/or Breastfeeding Woman should fast or not, and the matter of Fidyah
- If a person breaks their fast during the day for a valid reason, but thereafter this reason becomes absent, are they still required to refrain from food & drink for the rest of the fasting day?

Lesson 5 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (25.02.2025)

Points Covered:

Question no.22: What is the Ruling of the Child who fasts?
- is Reward / Sin involved at all?
- The Responsibility of the Guardian

Question no.23: What is the Ruling of the Fasting of someone who is sane at times and their intellect is absent at other times?

Question no.26: What is the Ruling of the one who started their fast in one country and then travels to another country but this country (that they've travelled to) started their fast a day later - do they finish the fasting month with the people of their current destination or the country they were initially in?

Question no.28: What is the Etiquette of Fasting?
- The Matter of Taqwa
- The Matter of Sins vs Food & Drink + A Similitude given by Ibn Rajab (رحمه الله) in his authorship 'Latā‘if al-Ma‘ārif'
- Giving Charity & Kindness to Others: The Generosity of the Prophet ﷺ
- What is Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- Examples of those things one is to stay away from of Disobedience
- Sinning in Ramaḍān compared to outside of Ramaḍān, as well as Virtuous Times & Places
- The Virtue of Ṣuhūr
- Info on Dates: What's the Difference between Ruṭab & Ṭamr?
- What does the word Ruṭūbah mean?
- Is it an Obligation to break the fast with Dates?
- How to correctly consume Dates/Water
- How does one know the Sun has set so that one can Hasten to break their fast
- Timetable Guidance
- If the Adhān is taking place, and one has food/drink in their mouth/hand - can this still be consumed or does it need disposing of?
- The Fake Piety of Some People concerning Fajr & Ifṭār 
- The Difference between the Ṣahūr and Ṣuhūr
- Is Ifṭār an Obligation?
- Can a person fast beyond Maghrib, is there a cut off point and What is Wiṣāl?

Question no.29: What is the Ruling of the one who eats and drinks whilst being doubtful if Fajr has started?

Question no.30: What is the Ruling of Eating whilst the Adhān of Fajr is taking place?
- The Matter of the Muadhdhin himself
- The Adhān of Ibn Ummi Makhtūm & The Adhān of Bilāl (رضى الله عنهما)

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Question no.32: What is the Ruling on Applying Medication to the Eye (Eye-Drops/Ointment/Kohl etc) whilst Fasting?
- The Ruling on Ear Drops likewise
- Does finding a taste from eye/ear drops in the throat, break the fast?

Question no.33: What is the Ruling on Using Toothpaste during the fasting hours?
- Is it a necessity to brush one's teeth whilst fasting?
- The best time to brush one's teeth
- The Use of the Siwaak

Question no.34: What is the Ruling of having a Blood Test/Donating Blood etc as a fasting person?
- How this is connected to Hijāmah
- Medical Situations connected to this matter

Question no.43: What is the Ruling of a person's fast if they Bleed from somewhere on their body?

Question no.46: Some Women intentionally take Pills that prevent them from being on their Menses (Period) so that they don't have to make up fasts after Ramaḍān i.e., they want to fast during the Month itself - is this allowed and if so, are there certain stipulations the women must know and act upon?
- Allāh creating Women in a particular way
- The Effects of Pills
- The Medical Basis for the Speech of the Shaykh concerning these Pills

Question no.51: If the Main Cause/Reason to break one's fast as a Traveller is due to Difficulty being present upon the Journey (as per the Hadith) - is it then better to keep the fast or break it given that the Modern Modes of Transport have removed many of these hardships?
- The Ruling itself
- Criticising those who don't fast or do fast
- The Hadīth of Abu Darda (رضى الله عنه) concerning Abdullāh ibn Rawāḥah
- The Principle concerning the Traveller
- The 3 Benefits of Fasting whilst a Traveller when Hardship is not present
- What isn't from Piety concerning this matter?
- The Hadīth of the Prophet ﷺ where a Man was being fanned due to difficulty in his fast whilst on a journey
- Examples given by Shaykh Ubayd al-Jābiri (رحمه الله) of Hardship/Difficulty

Question no.53: Does Travelling for Educational/Work Purposes permit a person to not fast (if it falls under a Safr) & What is the Journey that does not permit a person to shorten their prayer/not fast Ramaḍān?
- The View of Ibn Taymiyyah & Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمهما الله) on the one who travels for a period of time but without intending to permanent reside there, rather they are away for a restricted period of time no matter how short or lengthy
- Some other Scholars who also hold this view
- The Narration of Ibn Umar (رضى الله عنهما) where he remained in Azerbaijan for 6 months due to Snow
- Not delaying making up missed fasts of Ramaḍān whilst being away from home for several years
- Can the person who travels to perform a Sin (i.e., travels for a Harām reason) shorten their prayer?

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Q: If female family members pray their sunnah or nafl prayers next to their male family members (mahrams) at home, is this allowed or prohibited?

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