Action that do not break one’s fast

1. If one ate or drunk by mistake without being conscious of his/her fasting.

2. To have an injection, provided its medicine does not directly reach the stomach.

3. To put eyeliner on, or to apply surma or madicine into the eyes.

4. To have a bath or shower.

5. To rub oil into the body or hair.

6. To apply itr or perfume.

7. To vomit unintentionally.

8. To brush the teeth without use of a tooth paste example to use the miswak.

9. To have a wet dream.

10. To have a blood test.

11. To attend a dental appointment, medicine or blood etc is swallowed.

Action that do not break one’s fast

1. If one ate or drunk by mistake without being conscious of his/her fasting.

2. To have an injection, provided its medicine does not directly reach the stomach.

3. To put eyeliner on, or to apply surma or madicine into the eyes.

4. To have a bath or shower.

5. To rub oil into the body or hair.

6. To apply itr or perfume.

7. To vomit unintentionally.

8. To brush the teeth without use of a tooth paste example to use the miswak.

9. To have a wet dream.

10. To have a blood test.

11. To attend a dental appointment, medicine or blood etc is swallowed.

Action that break one’s fast

1. While gargling, water accidentally going the throat.

2. If one swallows pure blood only. along with saliva then as long as the saliva is more, the fast would not break.

3. If one intentionally vomits a mouthful.

4. If one intentionally swallows a pebble, a piece of paper or any other item that is not used as food or medicine.

5. If one carries on eating after the time of suhoor is over due to some reason, Example faulty watch etc.

6. If one makes iftaar before sunset, due to any reason, example a faulty watch.

7. If one deliberately inhales smoke of any kind example looban, agar batti or cigarettes.

8. If one puts medicine into the nostrils/ears or in the anal passage.

Action that are Makrooh (undesirable and discouraged while fasting)

1. To chew things like rubber or plastic item.

2. To use tooth paste or tooth powder for cleaning teeth.

3. To let the water go too far up the nostrils when cleaning the nose.

4. To over gargle the mouth.

5. To quarrel argue and to use filthy or indecent words.

6. To swear, tell lies, backbite, etc.

7. To complain of thirst and hunger.

Mustahabbaat (Preferable acts) of fasting

1. To eat sehri (meal before the break of dawn).

2. To make intention for keeping the fast at night.

3. To eat sehri as late as possible, as long as it is finished before the dawn.

4. To hurry in iftaar (breaking the fast), as long as there is no doubt that the sun has set.

5. To avoid telling lies, abusing, and backbiting.

6. To make iftaar with dry or fresh dates. If they not available, then with water.

Fidya (Compensation)

Fidya refers to the compensation that Islam allows to those who cannot fast in the month of Ramadaan and even after
Ramadaan. Those who are exempted from fasting in Ramadaan and allowed to pay fidya. are the folowing:

1. Those who are very old and have no strength to fast in Ramadaan or even out of Ramadaan.

2. Those who are permanently ill and have no hope of recovery even after Ramadaan. These are usually people who
are also on chronic medication.
Fidya can be paid through food items or even cash. If paid in cash then current rate of Sadaqatul fitr should be paid
for each fast missed.

Note: Fidya is not an option for those who are temporarily ill or exempted from fasting in Ramadaan. They should
make up for the missed fasts after Ramadan by practically fasting.

TAKE NOTE

1. If in the month of Ramadaan after starting the fast for the day one deliberately break it without a valid reason with
something edible or drinkable, then long with qadaa, they must also give a penalty of continuos fasting for 2 months
after Ramadan. This is known as “kaffarah”.

2. In the month of Ramadaan, If a fast breaks for some reason, one should still abstain from eating or drinking until
sunset. However if a fst was not kept in the first place due to a valid reason, then eating and drinking throughout the
day is allowed but preferably secretly. This is on acount of respect for the month of Ramadaan and for those who may
be fasting.

1. While gargling, water accidentally going the throat.

2. If one swallows pure blood only. along with saliva then as long as the saliva is more, the fast would not break.

3. If one intentionally vomits a mouthful.

4. If one intentionally swallows a pebble, a piece of paper or any other item that is not used as food or medicine.

5. If one carries on eating after the time of suhoor is over due to some reason, Example faulty watch etc.

6. If one makes iftaar before sunset, due to any reason, example a faulty watch.

7. If one deliberately inhales smoke of any kind example looban, agar batti or cigarettes.

8. If one puts medicine into the nostrils/ears or in the anal passage.

Action that are Makrooh (undesirable and discouraged while fasting)

1. To chew things like rubber or plastic item.

2. To use tooth paste or tooth powder for cleaning teeth.

3. To let the water go too far up the nostrils when cleaning the nose.

4. To over gargle the mouth.

5. To quarrel argue and to use filthy or indecent words.

6. To swear, tell lies, backbite, etc.

7. To complain of thirst and hunger.

Mustahabbaat (Preferable acts) of fasting

1. To eat sehri (meal before the break of dawn).

2. To make intention for keeping the fast at night.

3. To eat sehri as late as possible, as long as it is finished before the dawn.

4. To hurry in iftaar (breaking the fast), as long as there is no doubt that the sun has set.

5. To avoid telling lies, abusing, and backbiting.

6. To make iftaar with dry or fresh dates. If they not available, then with water.

Fidya (Compensation)

Fidya refers to the compensation that Islam allows to those who cannot fast in the month of Ramadaan and even after
Ramadaan. Those who are exempted from fasting in Ramadaan and allowed to pay fidya. are the folowing:

1. Those who are very old and have no strength to fast in Ramadaan or even out of Ramadaan.

2. Those who are permanently ill and have no hope of recovery even after Ramadaan. These are usually people who
are also on chronic medication.
Fidya can be paid through food items or even cash. If paid in cash then current rate of Sadaqatul fitr should be paid
for each fast missed.

Note: Fidya is not an option for those who are temporarily ill or exempted from fasting in Ramadaan. They should
make up for the missed fasts after Ramadan by practically fasting.

TAKE NOTE

1. If in the month of Ramadaan after starting the fast for the day one deliberately break it without a valid reason with
something edible or drinkable, then long with qadaa, they must also give a penalty of continuos fasting for 2 months
after Ramadan. This is known as “kaffarah”.

2. In the month of Ramadaan, If a fast breaks for some reason, one should still abstain from eating or drinking until
sunset. However if a fst was not kept in the first place due to a valid reason, then eating and drinking throughout the
day is allowed but preferably secretly. This is on acount of respect for the month of Ramadaan and for those who may
be fasting.

Are you a girl who has had an endless stream of potential husbands coming to see you or are you a guy who has
been to home after home looking for that girl of your dream but to no avail? Don’t stress because contrary to popular
belief, there is nothing wrong with you. Your name is written list for marriage and your happily ever after will come
when the time is right…..

Marriage is easier said then done the most difficult part would be deciding on which man/women is suitable
enough to be your spouse to accompany you on your journey through life.

It is an advaenture filled with obstacles and identifying what traits it is that you want in a spouse that will definitely
come in handy. He might be handsome, rich, have the perfect parents and even the perfect career, but there is more
then this that will secure a successful marriage and likewise, she may be the most beautiful girl with all the bells and
whistles but that doesn’t necessarily mean a marriage made in heaven.

Every person has an idea of his/her perfect soul mate to be, but somewhere along the line, we forget about the
finer detail such as, character, moral, ambitions, and even what type of father/mother and role model will he/she be to
his/her children.

Look for someone (in a permissible way) who will love and expect you just as you are and not for someone who
will try and change you to suit their fancies.

Don’t settle for anyone less then what you want because you are afraid of journey through life solo. Marriage is
about compromise because perfection doesn’t exist, however, the union created by Allah that binds these two soul is
perfect match of flaws complement each other perfectly.

We all crave it, but there shouldn’t be rush for it as we can search all over the world and it will only happen when
it is ordained for us. Ignore the prying eyes and pressure from everyone. Use your single status to find and complete
yourself as an individual before you meet someone who will complete you as a couple.

Make a singles to do list, find your passion and relish your independence for you are sure to miss it once you’re
married. Use this time to improve and strengthen your imaan, travel, learn self-love, spend time with relatives, fill your
dua’s (Prayers) with a partner wish list and live your life as there is nothing that you cannot do.

Each sisiter or brother handles their situation differently but don’t fret about it because it is out of your control.
It doesn’t mean that life as you know it will cease to exist after marriage, but a married person has priorities and his/her
perspectives change.

Being married brings on new responsibilities, chores and spending time with a new family. Often we hear
married people bemoaning and lamenting that they never have enough time. Work, house chores, partner, children , in
law and most definitely no ‘me’ time or even time out with the girls/ boys. This happens when you’re married.

Fantasizing about all things perfect that doesn’t exit only leads to disappointment for only Allah knows that
which we don’t. This is what we as Muslims should firmly believe in. Waiting for Mr or Miss.

Right doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with you! Allah just wants you to wait for the right person and
the right time because marriage completes half of our imaan and it shouldn’t be fulfilled with the wrong person for the
wrong reason. Don’t ponder too much about it as Allah burdens you with only that which you can handle. After all, we
plan but it is the plan of Allah that will ultimately transpire.

On a lighter note for you…….

Every time I attended a wedding I always found myself cornered by one or two aunties of the family who
sheepishly told me, “You’re next! I was becomeing weary and some what annoyed by this and decided to put a stop to
this. The next time I met these aunties was at a funeral. All I said was, “You’re next!” From that day onwards I attended
every wedding without being reminded of my position in the marriage queue…

Malik bin Dinar narrated the following story about himself saying, “I was a man who indulged in fun and enjoyment and suffered from an overwhelming addiction to wine.

I bought a slave girl with whom I was very happy. She later gave birth to a beautiful girl who I loved dearly. I saw her progress from crawling to walking.

Whenever I sat down for a drink, she would come and take the cup from my hands and spill the wine on the ground.

At the tender age of two years she died and left me grief-stricken. It was the night of the fifteenth of she’ban and I fell asleep drunk. I saw in my dream that it was the day of Resurrectio and I came out of my grave with a huge sea serpent after me.

I began to run but it chased me. The faster I ran, the faster it came. I passed by an old man dressed in clean garment who was very weak. I called out to him “O Sheikh, please save me from this monster!”

He relied, “O my son , I am a very old man and this monster id too powerful for me, I cannot prevail from it. Perhaps if you carry on someone else may be able to help you.”

I continued to run, with the serpent still following me. I passed by a pit of blazing fire and was about to fall into it, but someone said, “You are not its inhabitant,” On hearing this I turned and ran towards the mountain, I found that there were many gates to it and each gate had guards.

A voice called out, “Let this wretched man in before his enemy captures him.”

The gates opened and I saw a group of children, their faces shone like the moon, and among them was my little girl! She came towards me like a beam of light and with her right hand hit the serpent, which then fled.

She sat by me and said, “O my father, has not the time arrived for the heart of those who believe to submit to Allah’s reminder and the truth (Qur’an) which has been revealed?”

I relied, “O my child, do you know the Quran? She answered , “I learnt it from you.” I then asked, “O my daughter, What are you doing here?

She said we are Muslim children who have died and we will live here until the Day of Resurrection and wait for our parents.”

At this I said, “O my daughter, who was that monster chasing and trying to kill me?” She daid, “O my father, that was your bad deeds, which you accumulated and could have destroyed you. ” I then asked, “And who was that weak old man?”

She said, “He was your goods deeds, which you weakened to such an extent that they had no power to defend you. Therefore, O my father, repent and turn towards Allah and be not among those who will perish,” Suddenly I woke up. I repented for my sins and turned to Allah.

The lesson we learn from this incident is that when young children die in infancy and their parents show patience and control of their emotions, it becomes a means of their salvation in the Hereafter.

Allah Most high has taught us, when he tries us with an affliction, to say: All praise is due to Allah.

Truly, we are Allah’s and truly unto Him is the return. Furthermore, it’s never too late for repentance.