Ramadan: A School for Manners and Forbearance—Not Just Abstaining from Food and Drink!

Shaykh Sulayman Ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله

🔴 Important: A Breastfeeding Woman Who Experiences Menstruation — Must She Make Up the Missed Days?

Question:
A breastfeeding woman experienced some days of menstruation during Ramaḍān. Does she have to give fidyah, or does she make up the days?

Shaykh ʿAbdulMajīd Jumʿah:
Two causes have come together in her case: breastfeeding and menstruation. Menstruation is stronger, so she must make up the days (qaḍāʾ).

Menstruation takes precedence over breastfeeding, because breastfeeding is a concession (rukhṣah): if she wishes, she may fast, and if she wishes, she may break her fast — she falls under the category of those who are given a choice, like the sick. The same applies to the pregnant woman if she fears for her foetus, and the breastfeeding woman if she fears for her child.

As for menstruation, she must break her fast, and her fasting is not valid. Meaning, if she were to fast, her fasting would be invalid. Therefore, menstruation takes precedence over breastfeeding.

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O Sister, Your Prayer at Home: Better Than Praying Behind the Messenger of Allah – A Divine Mercy from Allah!

Shaykh Muhammad bin Ramzan Al-Hajiri حفظه الله

📩 The Question:

I have question regarding the witr prayer when after praying taraweeh or in general if the answer to it is the same.

Say you pray 10 rakat and want to add 1 rakat of witr.

How and what do you recite in the witr prayer? What’s most authentic according to Sunnah? I’ve seen so much different, and it confuses me.

The one method I have seen a lot is starting with;
Allahu Akbar
Surah Al Fatiha
Another surah (say ikhlas)
Then again rise the hands to the side and say Allahu Akbar, looks like you start “a new prayer”
Reciting: rabbana atina fid dunya hasanah..
saying Allahu Akbar and going to ruku
And finishing it as usual with tashhadu etc.

Others I’ve seen after reciting a surah, then rising their hands AFTER going to ruku and make dua, then proceeding as usual prayer with tashhadu.

I hope this sounds logically explained ‎إن شاء الله, and I hope you can help me understand this.

Jazakum Allahu khairan.

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbd al-Majīd Jumuʿah — may Allah preserve him.

The Sunnah regarding the Witr prayer after Tarāwīḥ is that he prays with the Imām until he completes his prayer and does not leave until the Imām leaves, due to his ﷺ statement: “Whoever stands with the Imām until he leaves, it will be recorded for him as standing the night.” So whoever prays Witr alone is not considered to have stood with the Imām until he left, and he does not attain this reward, even though it is permissible for him to do that.

As for the form of the prayer mentioned in the question, then the first—there is no doubt that it is an innovated prayer, not established in the Sunnah, and the Prophet ﷺ did not pray a prayer with two bowings except the eclipse prayer.

As for the second, then perhaps they recite after bowing the supplication of Qunūt, and it is established in the Sunnah. But the Sunnah is that he performs Qunūt before bowing with the wording: “O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me well-being among those You have granted well-being, take me into Your care among those You have taken into Your care, bless for me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. For indeed You decree and none decrees over You, and indeed he whom You befriend is not humiliated, and he whom You show enmity to is not honoured. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted.”

«اللهم اهدني فيمن ‌هديت وعافني فيمن عافيت وتولني فيمن توليت وبارك لي فيما أعطيت وقني شر ما قضيت فإنك تقضي ولا يقضى عليك وإنه لا يذل من واليت ولا يعز من عاديت تباركت ربنا وتعاليت»

And if he performs Qunūt after bowing, then there is no harm, due to that being established from some of the Salaf.

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📩 The Question:

Whoever began his fasting in Algeria and then returned to Britain, does he break his fast with Algeria or with Britain?

And may Allah reward you with good.

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbd al-Majīd Jumuʿah — may Allah preserve him.

The principle is that one fasts with the land that saw the crescent of Ramaḍān and also breaks the fast with those who saw the crescent of Shawwāl, due to his ﷺ statement: “Fast upon seeing it and break the fast upon seeing it, and if it is obscured from you, then complete the number thirty.” So he commanded fasting and breaking the fast upon seeing the crescent, and the address is to all the Muslims despite the difference of their regions and their lands. But if he fasts and breaks the fast with his land, then there is no harm. And whoever fasted in a land and broke the fast in a land, I hope that there is no harm in that, due to his ﷺ statement: “Your fasting is the day the people fast, and your breaking the fast is the day they break the fast.” But he must calculate the days of his fasting. So if his fasting in a land and his breaking the fast in his land necessitates that he fast twenty-eight days, then it is obligatory upon him to make up one day. And if it necessitates that he fast thirty-one days, then it is obligatory upon him to break the fast, because the month is twenty-nine or thirty without increase and without decrease, due to his ﷺ statement: “The month is like this and like this,” meaning once twenty-nine and once thirty.

And Allah knows best.

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📩 The Question:

During the month of Ramadan i pray taraweeh at home. Alhamdulillah. However i do not pray all the 11 rakats together. I pray 8 rakats after sunnah of Isha and then i pray witr 3 rakats during the last third of night. Is that accepted?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

Indeed, from the time of standing in the night is from after the ʿIshāʾ prayer until the rising of Fajr, as is established from ʿĀ’ishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. She said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray between finishing the ʿIshāʾ prayer – and it is that which the people call al-ʿAtamah – until Fajr eleven rakʿahs. He would give salām between every two rakʿahs, and he would perform Witr with one.”

And it was from his guidance, as Ibn al-Qayyim said in Zād al-Maʿād (1/317):

“And he would separate his regular portion at times, and he would connect it at times, and that was more frequent. And he would separate it as Ibn ʿAbbās said in the ḥadīth of his staying overnight with him: ‘That he ﷺ woke up, then used the tooth-stick, and performed ablution, while he was saying:

“Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:190)

So he recited these verses until he completed the sūrah. Then he stood and prayed two rakʿahs, lengthening in them the standing, the bowing, and the prostration. Then he departed, and he slept until he blew (meaning: breathed deeply in sleep). Then he did that three times with six rakʿahs. All of that he would use the tooth-stick, perform ablution, and recite these verses. Then he performed Witr with three. Then the caller to prayer gave the adhān, so he went out to the prayer while he was saying:
(اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا، وَفِي لِسَانِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ خَلْفِي نُورًا، وَمِنْ أَمَامِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِي نُورًا، وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا، اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُورًا»)
“O Allah, place in my heart light, and in my tongue light, and place in my hearing light, and place in my sight light, and place from behind me light, and from in front of me light, and place from above me light, and from beneath me light. O Allah, grant me light.”

Narrated by Muslim.

And it is established from Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān that he informed him that he asked ʿĀ’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her: How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Ramaḍān? So she said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not increase in Ramaḍān nor in other than it beyond eleven rakʿahs. He would pray four, so do not ask about their beauty and their length. Then he would pray four, so do not ask about their beauty and their length. Then he would pray three.”

ʿĀ’ishah said: So I said: O Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before you perform Witr? So he said: “O ʿĀ’ishah, indeed my two eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep.”

Ibn al-Mulaqqin said in al-Tawḍīḥ li Sharḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ (9/112):

“In her statement: ‘He prays four, then four, then three,’ meaning: that he used to sleep between them.”

So all of this altogether indicates the legislation of interspersing the rakʿahs with sleep or with action.

And Allah knows best.

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📩 The Question:

I Wanted to ask is it better to read Quran a lot during the day or during night in Ramadan? Which is more rewarding?. I always assumed it’s only during daytime as that’s when one is in the state of fasting. Really want to know this before it’s too late so that I can exert more effort in making the best of Ramadan before it’s over in sha Allāh. بارك الله فيكم

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

It is established in al-Ṣaḥīḥ from Ibn ʿAbbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the most generous of the people, and he was most generous in Ramaḍān when Jibrīl would meet him. And Jibrīl would meet him every night of Ramaḍān, and he would study the Qur’an with him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when Jibrīl would meet him, was more generous with good than the sent wind.”

Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy upon him, said in Laṭā’if al-Maʿārif (p. 169):

“And in the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās that the studying between him and Jibrīl used to be at night, there is an indication of the recommendation of increasing recitation in Ramaḍān at night. For indeed at night the distractions cease, and the concern gathers, and the heart and the tongue are in agreement upon reflection, as He, the Most High, said:

‘Verily! The rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of Allah).’ (al-Muzzammil 73:6).”

So the Sunnah is to increase in reciting the Qur’an at night in Ramaḍān along with recitation during the day due to the virtue of the time of refraining while fasting. But the Muslim should not neglect giving attention and strong diligence to reciting the Qur’an at night, for indeed many of the people recite during the day and do not recite at night. And what is legislated is his guidance ﷺ.

And Allah knows best.

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📩 The Question:

I would like to know if bukhoor or perfume are allowed to be used while fasting as I understand bukhoor can come under the same category as smoke. I would like to know if it’s allowed to keep myself and the house smelling good especially after cooking food.

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Ali Al-Haddadi — may Allah preserve him.

It is permissible for the fasting person to apply perfume, but he should not inhale the smoke of incense.

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📩 The Question:

I have a question. I usually use my islamic app to pray my salah since it is difficult to hear the adhan. Now during this time of ramadhan...I hear the adhan of maghrib and fajr...but the adhan in fajr is too early compared to the one in my app...like 30 mins early..which one should I use? Jazzakumu llahu khayran

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Jibrīl ibn Ḥamad ibn Ḥasan Buṣaylī, member of the Council of Senior Scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — may Allah preserve him.

Verify the time of the rising of Fajr and adhere to it. Allah, the Most High, said:

“And eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your fast till the nightfall.”
(al-Baqarah 2:187)

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📩 The Question:

I wanted to know the ruling on Khatam. Is it considered permissible to complete part of the Khatam during Taraweeh prayers and recite the Qur’an separately on one’s own? Following the same question, is it permissible to read directly from the Qur’an during Taraweeh?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Ali bin Ghazi at-Tuwayjri — may Allah preserve him.

I say: the matter contains allowance. If he wishes to recite a portion of the Qur’an in Tarāwīḥ and complete it, there is no harm in that. But what is more appropriate, better, and best is that he makes for Tarāwīḥ a recitation which he specifies for it, and that he has a portion which he specifies for himself and recites in it. This is what is more appropriate and better; this was the action of the Salaf.

As for the issue of reciting from the muṣḥaf, then yes, it is permissible — it is permissible. And it has been established authentically from ʿĀ’ishah that she used to command a young servant of hers to lead her in prayer while reciting from the muṣḥaf.

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📩 The Question:

If i want to delay the 'Isha prayer till before midnight, to follow the sunnah, when do I pray taraweeh? Can i pray it before I pray 'Isha? BarakAllahu feekum

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

You pray ʿIshāʾ, then the Tarāwīḥ prayer.

For that is its time.

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📩 The Question:

Does intravenous iron infusion (the transfer of iron through the vein), which lasts five hours, cause the fasting person to break his fast?

📝 The Answer:

Answered by Shaykh Usāmah ibn Saʿūd al-ʿAmrī — may Allah preserve him.

There occurred among the contemporary jurists a disagreement regarding iron injections, because some doctors saw that they may be substituted for food and drink and that by them the body is nourished.

If this is established, then he uses them when needed and makes up one day in its place, or if he is able, he delays them until the night.

But if the existence of nutrients in them is not established, then there is no harm in using them absolutely at any time.

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