Does the passing of wind (flatulence) from a male and female necessitate washing the affected area with water?
Category: Fatwa
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Fasted the whole day and menses started just before sunset
A woman fasted and at sunset, just before the adhaan, her menses came. So does that invalidate her fast?
Intentionally travelling so as not to fast during Ramadhaan
What is the ruling regarding travelling in Ramadhaan for the purpose of not having to fast, and we want to know how that is?
Long distance truck drivers
How and when are truck drivers who drive long distances to fast?
Long distance taxi driver
Does the ruling of the traveller apply to [long distance] drivers of cars and buses who continuously work during the day in Ramadhaan?
Breaking his fast so as to be strong enough to perform 'Umrah
When the traveller who is fasting reaches Makkah, should he break his fast so as to have the strength to perform the 'umrah?
Peptic ulcers and may be unable to fast
I was born in the year 1315 AH (around 1895) and have been afflicted with peptic ulcers since 1380 AH.
Sick and bedridden, and unable to fast
An elderly woman of 85 years of age, is sick and bedridden and cannot stand - not even to use the bathroom. The question: Is salaah and fasting obligatory upon her?
Heart condition and unable to fast
I inform your eminence that I am a man of 80 years of age, and I am afflicted by an illness of the arteries and the heart.
Paralysed and unable to fast
Concerning an elderly man, stricken with paralysis in half his body, and unable to fast; If he fasts, then his sickness worsens.