Points Covered:

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 a person prays their Witr prayer like the Ḥanafis do, is it correct given they come back up for the 3rd rak'ah after the first tashahhud, and then raise their hands for Takbīr (after reciting Fātihah & a Sūrah) to perform the Duā Qunoot narrated from Umar (رضى الله عنه)?

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?

Lesson 8 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (16.03.2025)

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Lesson 8 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (16.03.2025)

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