Making up for the fast missed during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Question: My question has to do with the missed fast of breastfeeding and pregnant women. I know all three opinions with regard to it, but the matter is Sheikh Albaani quotes as evidence the words of Ibn Abbaas and Ibn Umar that women only need to feed one poor person per each day missed but there is a hadeeth in Saheeh an Nasaa'i (2274) in which the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, says: "Allah has waved the traveler from half the prayer and also...
Why Talk about our Salaf?
Every nation boasts of its predecessors and the contributions they had made, whether in spiritual or materialistic fields. Every nation raises high the rank of its scholars and boasts about them and their history. People normally do this to display the virtues...
How to Remain Steadfast after Ramadan?
Dear brother/sister, Let your example in Ramadan be like that of an infant who is put in an incubator to save his life and receive the necessary means of sustenance and survival. After ending the stay in the incubator, the baby comes out to the world to grow up,...
Physical contact while fasting
Question: Exactly what physical contact is forbidden when fasting? Can my husband kiss me and hug me? We love each other very much but don't want to do anything wrong. Fatwa: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. It is forbidden for the fasting man to have sex or take part in foreplay during the...