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To Break Fast during the Day due to Difficulty To Break Fast during the Day due to Difficulty 13. Due to one's profession, he cannot fast because of hunger/thirst nor able to leave his job, can he break his fast at the beginning…

Not Being Able to Fast at the Beginning of Maturity Being Unbearably Hard to Fast Not Being Able to Fast at the Beginning of Maturity 8. A young girl has reached the age of shar‘ī puberty. However; she cannot fast in the month…

Conditions of Obligatory Fast Conditions of Obligatory Fast 7. Fast is obligatory provided that: - They are mature; - They are wise; - They are able; - They are not inconscient; - They are not travelers; - She is not…

Fast of One's spouse/child Fast of One's spouse/child 6. Naming ḥarām fast, they include: fast of the wife in case it violates the right of the husband and fast of a child in case it hurts/annoys the parents. Do they apply in…

Silence Fast Silence Fast 5. I heard that silence fast is ḥarām while some say it is ḥalāl in case of nadhr, is it true? A: It is ḥarām. Source: Hadana adopted from the Istiftaat of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei

Fast on the day of 'Āshūrā Fast on the day of 'Āshūrā 4. Is it allowed to fast on the day of 'Āshūrā? A: It is makrūh. Source: Hadana adopted from the Istiftaat of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei

Obligatory fast Obligatory fast 3. Obligatory fasts are as follows: - Fast during the month of Ramadan; -  Qaḍā’ fast; - Kaffārah fast; - Parents' qaḍā’ fast; - Mustaḥabb fast which became obligatory due to nadhr,…

Types of Fasting There are four types of fasting: - Obligatory fast, like during the month of Ramadan; - Mustaḥabb fast, like during the months of Rajab and Sha'bān; - Makrūh fast, like on the day of 'Āshūrā; - Ḥarām fast,…

Fasting Definition Fasting Definition 1. Fasting in Islam is to refrain from eating, drinking, etc. — which will be discussed later in details — the whole day (from fajr until maghrib) in order to obey the Allah's order.