The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1386- A woman in istiḥāḍah should do her ghusl according to the rules mentioned for istiḥāḍah, and her fast will be correct.

Issue No. 1387- A person who has touched a dead body, and ghusl has become obligatory on him/her, can perform fast without performing ghusl for touching a dead body. Similarly, the fast does not become void if the dead body is touched in the state of fasting..

Issue No. 1388- Introducing liquids into the rectum and colon (enema) will make the fast void even though it has been used inevitably and as a treatment. However, there is no harm in using suppository for treatment, and the obligatory precaution is to avoid the nutritional suppositories.

Issue No. 1390- If a person eats something at night that he knows he will vomit involuntarily during the day, the fast will not become void. However, the recommended precaution is that he should not do so, and if he does, he should [as a recommended precaution] offer the qaḍā of that fast.

Issue No. 1392- If small particles of food or an insect like a fly involuntarily enter the throat of a person who is fasting, and if it has gone so deep down the gullet that it cannot be thrown out, his fast will remain valid. However, if it is possible to take it out, he should do so and it will not harm the fast, but if he swallows it in this situation, his fast will be void.

Issue No. 1393- If a person who is fasting is certain that if he belches something will come out of his throat, he should not belch intentionally, but there is no harm if he is not certain about it. However, if as a result of belching involuntarily, something comes into his throat or mouth, he should throw it out, and if he intentionally swallows it, his fast will be void but there is no harm if it is swallowed involuntarily.

Issue No. 1394- If a person who is fasting inadvertently or involuntarily does one of the nine invalidators which were explained earlier, his fast would be in order. However, if a junub person sleeps and does not perform ghusl till the fajr adhān, his fast, on the same conditions explained earlier, will be void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No. 1396- If something is forced down the throat of a person who is fasting or his head is immersed in the water by force, his fast will not become void. However, if he is compelled to break his fast, for example if he is told that if he does not take food, he would be subjected to financial or physical harm, and he himself eats something to prevent that harm, the fast becomes void.

Issue No. 1397- A person who is fasting should not enter a place where he knows that something will be forced down his throat or he will be compelled to break his fast himself. However, if he intends to go but then does not go or after he goes there, they do not force anything down his throat, his fast will remain valid.

Issue No. 1399- If a person intentionally and knowingly commits acts which invalidate fast, not only does his fast becomes void but he should also offer qaḍā and kaffāra. However, if it is on account of being ignorant in knowing the rule, there is no kaffāra, but he should offer qaḍā.

Issue No. 1400- If a person who is fasting commits an act that he knows is haram but does not know that it invalidates the fast, he should offer qaḍā without kaffāra.

Issue No. 1402- If it is not possible to fulfil any of these three acts, one should give the poor as many mudds of food as he can afford. In case it is not possible, one should fast for eighteen days and if he cannot do this either, one should fast for as many days as he can. However, if he cannot offer either, he should repent. It will be sufficient to say “استغفرالله” in his mind and it is not obligatory to offer the kaffāra later when he is capable of it.