QUESTION: Recently my husband heard a teacher saying that a pregnant woman may avail herself of the concessions not to fast in Ramadhaan only if she fears for her health. If she fears for her baby and does not fast, she is required not only to compensate by fasting a day for a missed day, but also for feeding ten poor people as well. This seems to me a very stringent measure while the case may be a genuine…
QUESTION: At times, I get very a severe pain in my neck which needs analgesic tablets to relieve me because I suffer from cervical spondylitis. It happened once or twice in the month of Ramadhaan that the pain was so severe that I could not bear it any longer and broke my fast to take the tablets. Should I still feed one poor person for breaking my fast? What procedure should I follow if it happens again? Perhaps I…
QUESTION: Can a person in a state of impurity (janaabah) fast, even if he delays washing his body (ghusl) until after dawn break? Is it true that a fasting person must wash his body not later than midday? ANSWER: If a person wakes up in the morning of a day of fasting and finds himself in the state of ceremonial impurity i.e. jannabah, his fasting remains valid. He needs only to have his major ablution, i.e. ghusl. The same…
QUESTION: In the Qur’an we read: “O Believers! Fasting is prescribed on you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may become righteous. (Fast) a certain number of days. But whoever of you is ill, or on a journey, (shall fast instead the same) number of days later on. Those who find fasting a strain too hard to bear may compensate for it by the feeding of a needy person. He who does good of…
QUESTION: I would like to know whether intramuscular or intravenous injections may be given to a fasting person, in normal circumstances or in emergency. Can a person who suffers from asthma use his aerosol inhaler while fasting? What is the ruling regarding the case of ear, nasal and eye drops, suppository and the drawing of blood for investigation during fasting? ANSWER: Injections of both types may be given to a fasting person in any situation. Similarly, samples of blood…
غزوۃ الہند فتویٰ غزوۃ الہند کے سلسلے میں مرکزی جمیعت اہل حدیث ہند کے امیر مولانا اصغر علی امام مہدی سلفی صاحب حفظہ اللہ کا بیان۔