Q: I was told that a female who wants to make itikaaf at home should allocate a specific area of her home and make itikaaf there. If she is living in a 2 bedroom apartment, can she specify the entire area of her apartment as her place of itikaaf? Can she also do this for her entire house if she is living in a big home?
Q: Does a nosebleed break the fast if the blood did not reach the mouth, but blood went down the throat through the nose only?
Q: Instead of making up for fasts that I missed due to menses of the past 3 years and last year, can I give fidyah and not keep the fast?
Q: If a fasting person forgets that he is fasting and vapes or smokes a cigarette, will his fast break? If the fast is broken, will only qadha be compulsory or qadha and kaffaarah?
Q: Does the colour of food (caused by spices, etc.) remaining on the tongue invalidate the fast when swallowed?
Q:
1. If a woman was observing a nafl fast and her haidh commenced after zuhr, can she eat anything or should she wait until maghrib?
2. Is it permissible for a woman to eat if her fast breaks after zawaal or if it breaks at anytime of the day?
Q: Is it permissible to give Sadaqat ul Fitr and qadha qurbani in the form of clothes? Should they be new clothes or will old clothes in good condition work?
Q: I started fasting on the day of Aashura which was just when my haidh ended (my haidh ended the previous day, it lasted for 7 days), but after breaking my fast I noticed spotting. Do I have to keep qadha of that nafl fast?
Q: I have a problem of bleeding gums. The bleeding occurs anytime during the day or night. Sometimes I am unaware of it and other times I spit and rinse my mouth when I get taste in my mouth. My questions are
1. How do I maintain wudu in this state? This is causing me to perform wudu multiple times sometimes.
2. How do I fast? I try my best to rinse my mouth continuously when I am awake to avoid swallowing. But I am worried about when I am asleep and don't know if I swallowed or not.
3. If my fasts are becoming invalid what is the kaffarah I need to pay? Should I pay for all the previous Ramadans because I am not sure about when I started suffering from the bleeding gums problem.
Q: If one fasts on the ninth and tenth or tenth and eleventh of Muharram with the intention of a qadha fast, will one receive the reward of the fast of Aashura?