Sehri and Iftaar

Q: I have some questions about fasting. Could you please answer them when you have time Insha Allah?

1. During Ramadan, is it enough to make intention to fast for the whole month or it must be done for every day?

2. If it must be done for each day, when must be the intention done? Please don’t use difficult words that I won’t understand, could you please say from magrib till fajr, etc, as I find it difficult to understand the explanation other alims gave on some sites I read. Could you please give time frame for intentions for Ramadan, for kazas of Ramadan, for fasting 3 days of breaking an oath and for nafila fasting every Monday, Thursday and 13, 14, 15 of each month – is the time frame of intentions the same for all these fastings?

3. What if one forgot to make intention during the prescribed time, what must he do, fast anyway and then make kaza, kafara etc?

4. What if one is fasting his Ramadan kazas after the next Ramadan is finished only, what is the time frame for the intentions then, the same as normal Ramadan kazas?

5. What if I fasted one (or more) day and then realized my ghusl (I speak only of ghusl after menstruation, not after wet dream, etc) wasn’t correct, is my fast still valid in shaa Allah?

6. If I miscounted end of my period and made ghusl too early, but started fasting after day 10 of period (as max can be 10 days) is my fast still valid or not in shaa Allah?

7. if it is not allowed to insert cotton balls inside during fast when I have discharges, does it mean I have to be checking with a mirror every time if they are there and find that moment when they stop for a while or the best would be just make salah close to the end of its time even if then discharges are flowing?

Q:

1) Zaid followed his faithful bedroom clock for many years and he used to complete eating his sehri at the last minute based on the time on this clock. He recently compared his clock with the BBC time and found it to be 3 minutes slow. Is he muqallaf of following this time and repeating his fasts considering the possibilty that the BBC or any other central bureau time may also be incorrect.

Q: How does fasting work when travelling by plane. If I have sehri in one place, do I break my fast at my destination according to their maghrib or according to where I left from?

Q: My question is a night before Rajab (miraaj un nabi) I made intention of fasting keeping roza. I stayed up a little with some ibaadat so I thought I will take a hours rest an then get up for sehri but I didn't realise I fell asleep and woke up next morning. Can you please tell me if I am gunaghaar an will my fast be accepted? Can I carry on fasting during the day or not?

Q: I made a niyyat for a nafil fast about 30min before sehri ends. Just prior to sehri ending, I decided that I should rather wait and make the niyyat for keeping fast before half the day, depending on how I felt. I was not going to eat during that time, until my niyyat was confirmed. Is it ok to change my niyyat for fasting afterwards, or is the first niyyat I made 30 minutes before sehri ended binding?

Q: If someone is fasting and knows 100% that the masjid time is slow, can he break his fast based on the correct time as opposed to the musjids delayed time /azan?

Q: I am keeping my shawwaal fasts. I had misread the ending time for sehri and thought it was 5:11. However in reality the time ended at 5:06 and fajr entry was 5:11. I stopped drinking water 1 minute before 5:11 because I had read sehri ends a minute before fajr entry. Is my fast valid. Do I have to repeat the fast?

Q: I was travelling to Madinah in Ramadan and I reached Madinah at sehri time but when I woke up I did not know azaan was finished so I drank water and then I was told so do I have to keep the fast again?

Q: The clock happened to run slow. Sehri ended at 5.30 AM but we were inadvertently still eating at about 5.50 AM when a neighbour alerted us of the actual time and we stopped immediately. Is our fasts valid or qadha needs to be kept?

Q: What is the shar'ee ruling regarding the last time one is allowed to eat sehri? Are you supposed to stop as soon as the time finishes or can you finish the food you were eating during or after the Azaan?