Narrated Abu Hurairah [رضي الله عنه]: The Prophet [ﷺ] said:
❝Whoever observed Saum [fast] in the month of Ramadān with sincere faith [i.e., belief] and hoping for a reward from Allāh, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the Salāt [prayers] in the night of Qadr with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allāh, then all his past sins will be forgiven.❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2014) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝Whoever observed Saum [fast] in the month of Ramadān with sincere faith [i.e., belief] and hoping for a reward from Allāh, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the Salāt [prayers] in the night of Qadr with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allāh, then all his past sins will be forgiven.❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2014) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
Is The Fast Invalidated By Using Mouth Wash?
Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:
❝The fast is not invalidated as long as it is not swallowed. However, it should not be done except if there is a need. A person’s fast is not broken if nothing from it enters the person’s inside.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/290) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:
❝The fast is not invalidated as long as it is not swallowed. However, it should not be done except if there is a need. A person’s fast is not broken if nothing from it enters the person’s inside.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/290) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
On the authority of Abu Huraira on the authority of the Prophet [ﷺ] who said:
❝The thankful person who feeds people is of the same status of a patient person who is fasting.❞
[Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani, (No. 655) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
❝The thankful person who feeds people is of the same status of a patient person who is fasting.❞
[Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani, (No. 655) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Getting An Injection During The Fast
Shaykh ‘Abd Al-‘Azeez Ibn Bāz [رحمه الله] said:
❝From those matters which do not ruin the fast is getting an injection. An injection which is not intended for nourishment. However, delaying it till the night is foremost and better.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (15/ 170) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Shaykh ‘Abd Al-‘Azeez Ibn Bāz [رحمه الله] said:
❝From those matters which do not ruin the fast is getting an injection. An injection which is not intended for nourishment. However, delaying it till the night is foremost and better.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (15/ 170) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Using An Inhaler Device Whilst Fasting | What Is The Ruling Of Using An Inhaler Device For The One Who Is Afflicted With Bronchitis And Needs It During His Fast?
Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:
❝The medication for Bronchitis is gas, there is nothing in that device except air, it opens up the pores of the lungs so a person can breathe with ease, and this inhaler device does not break or spoil the fast.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/ 210) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:
❝The medication for Bronchitis is gas, there is nothing in that device except air, it opens up the pores of the lungs so a person can breathe with ease, and this inhaler device does not break or spoil the fast.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/ 210) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
The Prophet [ﷺ] said:
❝The fasting person has two occasions of joy! One when he breaks his fast and one when he meets his Lord.❞
[Collected By Muslim, (No. 2762) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
❝The fasting person has two occasions of joy! One when he breaks his fast and one when he meets his Lord.❞
[Collected By Muslim, (No. 2762) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
Ibn Mas’ood [رضي الله عنه] said:
❝Fasting is a barrier like the barriers used in war.❞
[Collected By Abdur Razaaq As San’aani In His Musanaf, (4/307) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
❝Fasting is a barrier like the barriers used in war.❞
[Collected By Abdur Razaaq As San’aani In His Musanaf, (4/307) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
Wearing Henna During Fasting
Question: Is it permissible to apply Henna to hair whilst fasting?
Answer By Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen:
«وضع الحناء أثناء الصيام لا يفطر، ولا يؤثر على الصائم شيئا.»
❝Applying Henna whilst fasting does not break the fast, nor does it at all affect the person fasting.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/227) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Question: Is it permissible to apply Henna to hair whilst fasting?
Answer By Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen:
«وضع الحناء أثناء الصيام لا يفطر، ولا يؤثر على الصائم شيئا.»
❝Applying Henna whilst fasting does not break the fast, nor does it at all affect the person fasting.❞
[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (19/227) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Hastening The Breaking Of The Fast
From Sahl Bin Sa’ad [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«لا يزالُ الناسُ بخيرٍ؛ ما عجَّلوا الفطر.»
❝The people will continue to be upon goodness as long as they hasten the Iftaar [opening a fast].❞
[Collected By Bukhari, Muslim And Tirmidhi | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh' In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1073) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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From Sahl Bin Sa’ad [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«لا تزالُ أمتي على سنتي؛ ما لم تنتظر بفطرها النجوم.»
❝My Ummah will remain to be upon my Sunnah as long they do not wait for the stars to appear to open their fast.❞
[Collected By Ibn Hibban | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh' In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1074) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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From Anas Bin Malik [رضي الله عنه] said:
«ما رأيتُ رسولَ الله صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قط صلَّى صلاةَ المغربِ حتى يُفطَر؛ ولو على شربةٍ من ماءٍ.»
❝I never ever saw the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] pray the Maghrib prayer until he had opened his fast even if it was with a sip of water.❞
[Collected By Abu Ya’ala, Ibn Khuzaimah And Ibn Hibban | Authenticated By Sh. Albaani In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1076) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
From Sahl Bin Sa’ad [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«لا يزالُ الناسُ بخيرٍ؛ ما عجَّلوا الفطر.»
❝The people will continue to be upon goodness as long as they hasten the Iftaar [opening a fast].❞
[Collected By Bukhari, Muslim And Tirmidhi | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh' In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1073) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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From Sahl Bin Sa’ad [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«لا تزالُ أمتي على سنتي؛ ما لم تنتظر بفطرها النجوم.»
❝My Ummah will remain to be upon my Sunnah as long they do not wait for the stars to appear to open their fast.❞
[Collected By Ibn Hibban | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Saheeh' In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1074) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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From Anas Bin Malik [رضي الله عنه] said:
«ما رأيتُ رسولَ الله صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قط صلَّى صلاةَ المغربِ حتى يُفطَر؛ ولو على شربةٍ من ماءٍ.»
❝I never ever saw the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] pray the Maghrib prayer until he had opened his fast even if it was with a sip of water.❞
[Collected By Abu Ya’ala, Ibn Khuzaimah And Ibn Hibban | Authenticated By Sh. Albaani In Saheeh Targheeb, (No. 1076) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Making Dua During Ramadan
It is narrated from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri [رضي الله عنه] who said: The Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«إن لله تبارك وتعالى عتقاء في كل يوم وليلة – يعني في رمضان – وإن لكل مسلم في كل يوم وليلة دعوة مستجابة.»
❝Indeed Allaah [تبارك وتعالى] frees slaves every day and night [in Ramadan] and indeed every Muslim has every day and night a supplication that is answered.❞
[Collected By Al-Bazzar | Sh. Albaani: 'Saheeh' Lighayrihi In Saheeh Targheeb Wa Tarheeb, (1/582) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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Translators Note: As for making Dua specifically only at the time of Iftaar thinking that this is a special time then the Hadeeth regarding it has a Da’eef Isnaad. 'Indeed a fasting person has a Dua at the time of Iftaar which is not rejected.' [Graded Da’eef By Sh. Albaani In Kalimah Tayyib, (No. 164)]
It is narrated from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri [رضي الله عنه] who said: The Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«إن لله تبارك وتعالى عتقاء في كل يوم وليلة – يعني في رمضان – وإن لكل مسلم في كل يوم وليلة دعوة مستجابة.»
❝Indeed Allaah [تبارك وتعالى] frees slaves every day and night [in Ramadan] and indeed every Muslim has every day and night a supplication that is answered.❞
[Collected By Al-Bazzar | Sh. Albaani: 'Saheeh' Lighayrihi In Saheeh Targheeb Wa Tarheeb, (1/582) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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Translators Note: As for making Dua specifically only at the time of Iftaar thinking that this is a special time then the Hadeeth regarding it has a Da’eef Isnaad. 'Indeed a fasting person has a Dua at the time of Iftaar which is not rejected.' [Graded Da’eef By Sh. Albaani In Kalimah Tayyib, (No. 164)]
Intention For Fasting
From Hafsa from the Prophet [ﷺ] who said:
«من لم يبيت الصيام من الليل فلا صيام له.»
❝Whoever does not have the intention of Siyyam [Fasting] during the night then he has no fast.❞
[Collected By Nisa’ee | Sh. Al-Albaani Authenticated It In Saheeh Al-Jamia, (No. 6535) | Researched In Al-Irwaa, (No. 914) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
From Hafsa from the Prophet [ﷺ] who said:
«من لم يبيت الصيام من الليل فلا صيام له.»
❝Whoever does not have the intention of Siyyam [Fasting] during the night then he has no fast.❞
[Collected By Nisa’ee | Sh. Al-Albaani Authenticated It In Saheeh Al-Jamia, (No. 6535) | Researched In Al-Irwaa, (No. 914) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
The Encouragement To Eat At The Time Of Sahoor
From Anas Bin Malik who said the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً.»
❝Eat at the time of Sahoor, since indeed in the eating at the time of Sahoor is blessings.❞ [Collected By Bukhari And Muslim]
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Shaykh Al-Albaani commented on this Hadeeth:
«والأمر للندب والاستحباب بإجماع العلماء، وكون السحور فيه بركة ظاهر؛ لأنَّه يقوّي على الصيام، وينشط له، وتحصل بسببه الرغبة في الازدياد في الصيام لخفة المشقة فيه على المتسحر، وقيل في معناه غير ذلك. والله أعلم.»
❝The Scholars have a consensus that this is recommended. As for the point that eating at the time of Sahoor is blessed, then this is clear, because it strengthens one for fasting and makes a person active. By taking Sahoor, a desire to increase fasting occurs due to a lessening of hardships upon the one who takes Sahoor. It has been said that there are other meanings. And Allaah knows best.❞
[Saheeh Targheeb, (1/619) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
From Anas Bin Malik who said the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
«تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً.»
❝Eat at the time of Sahoor, since indeed in the eating at the time of Sahoor is blessings.❞ [Collected By Bukhari And Muslim]
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Shaykh Al-Albaani commented on this Hadeeth:
«والأمر للندب والاستحباب بإجماع العلماء، وكون السحور فيه بركة ظاهر؛ لأنَّه يقوّي على الصيام، وينشط له، وتحصل بسببه الرغبة في الازدياد في الصيام لخفة المشقة فيه على المتسحر، وقيل في معناه غير ذلك. والله أعلم.»
❝The Scholars have a consensus that this is recommended. As for the point that eating at the time of Sahoor is blessed, then this is clear, because it strengthens one for fasting and makes a person active. By taking Sahoor, a desire to increase fasting occurs due to a lessening of hardships upon the one who takes Sahoor. It has been said that there are other meanings. And Allaah knows best.❞
[Saheeh Targheeb, (1/619) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
The Ruling Concerning The One With Food In His Mouth When The Time Of Fajr Comes In
Muhammad Nasir-Deen Al-Albaani [D.1420A.H] [رحمه الله] said:
❝The Prophet [ﷺ] said: 'If one of you hears the call to prayer and the vessel is still in his hand, then he should not put it down until he has taken his need from it.' [Collected By Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Hakim And He Authenticated It, And Dhahabi Agreed With Him]
This is evidence that if a person has the vessel of food or drink in his hand, and Fajr time comes up, then it is permissible for him to take what he needs to from that food and drink. This situation is exempt from the Ayaah:
'And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]' [Qur’ān, (2:187)]
Therefore, there is no conflict between this Ayaah and the meaning of those types of Ahadeeth and between this Hadeeth. There is no consensus to oppose this issue rather, a group from the Companions and other than them, are more towards the majority which is the benefit that can be derived from this Hadeeth. That is the permissibility of eating food and drink until the Fajr time becomes clear, and the whiteness starts to spread in the pathways.
And indeed from the benefits of this Hadeeth is the invalidity of the Bida’ [innovation] of withholding from eating and drinking before Fajr by about quarter of an hour. There are people who do this, fearing they will catch the Adhan of Fajr while they are in Suhoor [eating and drinking before Fajr with the intention of fasting].
If they had known this concession, they would not have fallen in to this Bida’, so reflect.❞
[Tamam Al-Mina Fee Taleeq Ala Fiqh-Us-Sunnah, (Page: 417) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Muhammad Nasir-Deen Al-Albaani [D.1420A.H] [رحمه الله] said:
❝The Prophet [ﷺ] said: 'If one of you hears the call to prayer and the vessel is still in his hand, then he should not put it down until he has taken his need from it.' [Collected By Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Hakim And He Authenticated It, And Dhahabi Agreed With Him]
This is evidence that if a person has the vessel of food or drink in his hand, and Fajr time comes up, then it is permissible for him to take what he needs to from that food and drink. This situation is exempt from the Ayaah:
'And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]' [Qur’ān, (2:187)]
Therefore, there is no conflict between this Ayaah and the meaning of those types of Ahadeeth and between this Hadeeth. There is no consensus to oppose this issue rather, a group from the Companions and other than them, are more towards the majority which is the benefit that can be derived from this Hadeeth. That is the permissibility of eating food and drink until the Fajr time becomes clear, and the whiteness starts to spread in the pathways.
And indeed from the benefits of this Hadeeth is the invalidity of the Bida’ [innovation] of withholding from eating and drinking before Fajr by about quarter of an hour. There are people who do this, fearing they will catch the Adhan of Fajr while they are in Suhoor [eating and drinking before Fajr with the intention of fasting].
If they had known this concession, they would not have fallen in to this Bida’, so reflect.❞
[Tamam Al-Mina Fee Taleeq Ala Fiqh-Us-Sunnah, (Page: 417) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
The Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:
❝Whosoever is overcome by vomitting then there is no need to make the fast up, and he who makes himself vomit intentionally must make it up.❞
[Collected By Tirmidhi, (No. 716) | Sh. Al-Albāni: ‘Saheeh’ In ‘Saheehul Jaami’ | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
❝Whosoever is overcome by vomitting then there is no need to make the fast up, and he who makes himself vomit intentionally must make it up.❞
[Collected By Tirmidhi, (No. 716) | Sh. Al-Albāni: ‘Saheeh’ In ‘Saheehul Jaami’ | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]
Narrated `Aishah [رضي الله عنها]:
❝With the start of the last ten days of Ramadān, the Prophet [ﷺ] used to tighten his waist belt [i.e., work hard] and used to keep awake all the night and perform Salāt [prayer] and also used to keep his family awake for the Salāt [prayer].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2024) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝With the start of the last ten days of Ramadān, the Prophet [ﷺ] used to tighten his waist belt [i.e., work hard] and used to keep awake all the night and perform Salāt [prayer] and also used to keep his family awake for the Salāt [prayer].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2024) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
Q. A fasting person bleeds, should he break his fast or complete it?
Answer:
Sh. ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Bin Baaz [رحمه الله] said:
❝Blood emanating from the fasting person does not harm – except for cupping.❞
[Majmu’ Fataawa, (17/271) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]
Answer:
Sh. ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Bin Baaz [رحمه الله] said:
❝Blood emanating from the fasting person does not harm – except for cupping.❞
[Majmu’ Fataawa, (17/271) | Translated By Abū Haatim M. Farooq]
Narrated Ibn `Abbās [رضي الله عنه]: The Prophet [ﷺ] said:
❝Look for the night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadān; on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadān [i.e., 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 respectively].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2021) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝Look for the night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadān; on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadān [i.e., 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 respectively].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2021) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
Narrated `Aishah [رضي الله عنها]: Allāh's Messenger [ﷺ] said:
❝Search for the night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadān.❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2017) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝Search for the night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadān.❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2017) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
Narrated `Aishah [رضي الله عنها]:
❝Allāh's Messenger [ﷺ] used to practise I`tikāf in the last ten nights of Ramadān and used to say, ‘Look for the night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadān.’❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2020) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝Allāh's Messenger [ﷺ] used to practise I`tikāf in the last ten nights of Ramadān and used to say, ‘Look for the night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadān.’❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2020) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
Narrated `Aishah [رضي الله عنها]: The Prophet [ﷺ] said:
❝Look for [the night of Qadr].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2019) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]
❝Look for [the night of Qadr].❞
[Sahīh Bukhari, (No. 2019) | Translated By Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan]