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Had a nosebleed whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 6 June 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

During Ramadhaan, while I was fasting I had a nosebleed and the blood entered my body (i.e. flowed down the back of my throat and into the stomach).

Overcome by vomiting whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Making-up the missed days & expiation, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 28 May 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is the one who is overcome by vomiting during the day in Ramadhaan required to make up [the fast for that day]?

Applying eyeliner and dying hair whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 25 May 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is the fast of the woman who applies al-kohl (eyeliner) and dyes her hair during the day in Ramadhaan broken or not?

Looking at immodestly dressed women whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, Other issues pertaining to the fast, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 24 May 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Does going out during the day in Ramadhaan to attend to one’s needs and then being struck by the immodestly dressed women [who uncover those parts of the body which are prohibited to uncover]…

Bathing or taking a shower whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 18 May 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

Is it permissible for the fasting person in Ramadhaan to comfort himself with water after the Zhuhr prayer by taking a shower or bathe in the pool?

Breathing in water vapour whilst fasting

Fasting [صوم], Fatwa, That which does & does not break the fast, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 17 May 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

I inform you that I am one of the employees at the General Desalination Organisation, and the month of Ramadhaan has descended upon us and we are [all] fasting whilst at work.

Wearing a watch during the mourning period

Fatwa, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts, Waiting Period 22 March 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

During the period of mourning, is it permissible to wear a watch for time keeping and not for beautification?

The reality of gender change operations

Fatwa, Society & the World, The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research & Verdicts 14 March 2015 Abu 'Abdullaah

We see and read in Arabian newspapers about operations conducted by some of the doctors in Europe [whereby] they change a man to a woman and a woman to a man. So is that correct [to do]?