Ramadhaan & Fasting

Q: Is it permissible to pay fidyah before Ramadhaan?

When paying fidyah, can the full amount be paid at the beginning of Ramadhaan or must it be paid at the end of Ramadhaan?

Q: Dad was ill in hospital and shortly after he got admitted he passed away. He did not give wasiyat for his missed fast and salaah, so I've taken it upon myself to fulfil some sort of kaffarah (fidyah) on his behalf, and insha'allah Allah will accept.

In terms of spending the kaffarah (fidyah), there is a young baligh male who is from a poor family and needs to sort out his final year of studies in order for him to get his degree/diploma in order to move forward with his life.

Is it possible for me to give him the money or a 3rd party who is currently financially responsible for his payments to pay off his final year of studies?

Q: If a person who had a habit of fasting in Thursdays, sat amongst some brothers and if someone started smoking shisha pens and the person didn’t move from that place but he does not recall intentionally sniffing in any smoke, would his fast break?

Q: If one breaks his fast for "sports" activities, will qadha or kaffarah have to be kept?

Q: Please advise if it is permissible for a person to come out of the musjid to give the azaan whilst he is in sunnat i'tikaaf.

Q: If one is fasting a qadhaa fast and during the fast one touches a food item, while cooking, which has some flour on it and then licks the finger, instinctively and unintentionally - will it have broken the fast if one did not wash out the mouth thereafter?

Q: What is the best thing to break one's fast with?

Q: If a girl was fasting and at the time of asr, she's confused and not sure if she saw slight redness and after maghrib she saw her haidh had come. So when must she take a ghusl if she gets it for 10 days? (Asr or Maghrib Time)

Will she have to make qadha of that fast?

Q: Whilst fasting, when filling sugar from its bag into a jar, I felt the sweetness of sugar in my throat. Did my fast break?

Q: I would like to fast and try and see how far I can make it. The problem is that when I tried fasting last year, the medications I take for epilepsy are much stronger without food so I end up waking up after 11 or 12 noon most of the time and then don't have much energy for tilawat, zikr, etc.

Should I give fidya and put my tilawat, zikr, duaa, etc. first or fast? For me it's a matter of nafl or fardh, which is more important, the fast or the ibaadah and tilawat?