Ramadhaan & Fasting

Q: How many days we have to keep fast in shabaan? How many and which days are sunnah?

Q: I'd like to know if it would be within the shariah if I take the contraceptive pill to complete a month of fasting. I would also like to know if I would be allowed to take the pill before leaving for hajj this year inshallah.

Q: I would be grateful if Mufti Saheb could advise me on what is best course of action with regards to my situation as follows:

Ramadhan is just around the corner. I have a 9 month old baby who is breastfeeding and two other children. The fasting days, will be very long, as I live in the UK. What should I do in this situation?

1. Should I carry on breastfeeding while I observe the fasts?
2. Or should I wean my baby off so then I may be able to fast bearing in mind that she's hardly one year old in age?
3. Or do I continue breastfeeding but do not observe fast and make up the fasting days immediately after Ramadhan?
4. Or should I teach her to drink from the bottle, drinking my milk, and observe the fasts?

Please advise accordingly.  Also, I am a Shafi'ee.

Q: As Ramadhaan is nearing so I thought of covering up all my Qadha roza but I don't have the exact count of the Qadha roza. What should I do in this case? Also I have Qadha roza of the previous few years and I don't remember how many they are. 

I had once broken my fast when I was young but baaligh, but I did not know that it was a major sin. How do I cover up for that?

Q: My mother passed away a few days ago. Is there fidyah to be paid for some missed salaah or fast? If so, how do we calculate it?

Q: I have a three month old baby who I am breastfeeding. The month of Ramadaan is approaching and I want to know whether I should fast. I am not sure whether I will be able to manage keeping the fasts. 

Q: Is there any special reward or significance for fasting on the 27th of Rajab?

Q: I'm currently 7 months pregnant and keeping my qadha fasts. Yesterday I unintentionally broke my fast 1 minute early thinking that was the correct time of ifthar. I realised later in the evening that it was a minute early. What do I do?

Q: An Aalim says: Traditional Eid-e-Milad-Un-nabi is Bid'ah. It is not Islamically right. But, it is true that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) himself celebrates the days Modays keeping Fast since it was his birth day, day of Hijrat, day of getting Nabuwat etc. I would like to know, if it is correct and if so, can we keep fast on Mondays like our prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)?

Q: I have read in many places that masturbating during Ramadhaan fast breaks the fast. What if the person has done a lot of masturbating and the real number of fasts is unknown even after knowing this breaks the fast. But the number of fasts he broke is unknown?