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)

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.19 (a continuation from Q18): What is the Difference between such people and those who know about the advent of Ramaḍān only during the daytime?

• Question no.20: What are the Invalidators (the things that break) the Fast?
- 8 Matters that break the Fast
- Does Pre-Seminal Fluid break the fast whether discharged with lust or not?
- Do Nutritional Substitutes (like Injections/Tubes) fall under food and drink?
- Does Induced Vomiting break the fast or not?
- Hijāmah: The Ruling on the one who Cups and the one who gets Cupped
- Is a Woman's fast, on any given day, still valid if their menses begin after they started their fast in a state of purity, whether that was moments after Fajr or moments before Maghrib?

- The 3 Conditions that need to be present for One's Fast To Break through one of the invalidators

- The Companion (رضى الله عنه) of The Messenger ﷺ who tried to determine the time of when the fasting day begins (Fajr)
- The Hadīth of Asma bint Abi Bakr (رضى الله عنهما) when the fast was broken before the time of Ifṭār due to Cloud Cover
- Is a person's valid if they eat and drink whilst thinking Fajr hasn't Entered
- Does eating and drinking forgetfully invalidate the fast?
- What happens when a person breaks their fast due to being forced?
- The Ruling on a person who has a wet dream during the fasting hours
- The Ruling on having sexual intercourse during the fasting hours & details concerning this matter

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Q: Is there a difference between Tarāwīḥ, Tahajjud & Qiyām al-Layl in Ramaḍān, and should a person reserve some prayers for themselves during the Last 3rd of the Night regardless if they've prayed Wiṭr or not after their Ishā prayer, whether at the masjid or at home?

Lesson 6 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (02.03.2025)

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)

Lesson 7 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (09.03.2025)

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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 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)

Points Covered:

Question no.56: What's the Ruling on Travelling in Ramaḍān for the Sole Purpose of Not Fasting or to Break one's Fast?
- The 2 Harām Matters & the Obligation 

Question no.60: Are there differences between Adaa (Carrying out an Action) and Qadaa (Making an Action up)?
- The Restriction to the Month of Ramaḍān & what Extends to the next Ramaḍān
- Invalidating one's fast due to sexual intercourse
- Respecting the period of time of Ramaḍān, its Rank, Sanctity and Inviolability

Question no.61: What is the Ruling of a person who dies whilst they still had fasts due upon them to do?
- The Matter of a person's Inheritors
- In which situation are poor people fed?
- Can the Inheritors split fasts between them?
- The Right of Allāh compared to the Rights of the People

Question no.62: If a person died whilst fasting, then does their wali need to complete this fast?
- Does a child's duty towards their parents end when their parents die?
- Supplicating for one's parents whether alive or deceased: what is this a sign of?

Question no.67: Many people who believe that Laylat al-Qadr is on the 27th Night, they don't increase in ibādah on any of the other 9 nights from the last 10 nights, is this correct?
- Laylat al-Qadr moving from year to year
- Proof that Laylat al-Qadr can fall on Even numbered nights
- Is it correct to restrict one's striving to the 27th Night from Qiyām, Dhikr, Dua etc?
- Is Laylat al-Qadr just about you as an individual?
- Who are the best of those that fast?
- Losing out on the reward of Laylat al-Qadr

Question no.68: What is the intent of I'tikāf and what is its Ruling?
- Where is I'tikāf performed - at the Masjid? or at Home? or Both?
- The Connection to Jummah
- Are there different types of I'tikāf?
- When would the Messenger ﷺ perform I'tikāf?
- When does I'tikāf begin?

Question no.70: Is I'tikāf restricted to Ramaḍān only or can it be performed outside of Ramaḍān?
- The Question Umar (رضى الله عنه) asked the Prophet ﷺ concerning his Vow
- Is I'tikāf restricted to the all of the last 10 days?

• Some Masā'il pertaining to Zakātul-Fiṭr (taken from Al-Fiqh al-Muyassar of Shaykh Abdur-Raḥmān ibn Nāsir Al-Sa'di):
- Why is Zakātul-Fiṭr called Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- Is Money given as Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- The Ruling on who Zakātul-Fiṭr is obligatory upon
- The Measurements of Zakātul-Fiṭr
- What are the Conditions of giving Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- Who's Responsibility is it to give Zakātul-Fiṭr? 
- Who doesn't have to give Zakātul-Fiṭr?
- The Wisdom of giving Zakātul-Fiṭr and 3 Benefits of it
- A Significant Benefit mentioned by Imam al-Sa'di (رحمه الله) concerning the Rich and the Poor on Eid day
- When does one have to give Zakātul-Fiṭr and the Ruling on giving it outside of the prescribed timeframes?

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Q: What Actions are Most Virtuous to perform in the Last 10 Nights and does a person get More Reward doing Good Deeds on Laylat al-Qadr specifically?

Lesson 9 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (23.03.2025)

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

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