Issue 362...

Issue 362: A person is not allowed to break his fast if he feels weak, but if his weakness is to such an extent that normally one can not tolerate it, then there is no problem in breaking the fast. Having an Injection Issue 363: Having an injection or getting serum (for example an intravenous) does not make the fast void.

Allowing thick dust (or smoke) to reach the throat Issue 364: If thick dust reaches to the throat of a person who is fasting, then the fast will become void, whether the dust is a dry dust like flour or something that is not dry like dirt. Placing the complete head under water Issue 365: If a person who is fasting submerges his entire head under water, then according to Ihtiyat Wajib, the fast will become void.

Issue 366: If a person who is fasting is forced into the water (not by his own will), and his complete head goes under water; or if he forgets that he is fasting and submerges his head under water, then his fast will not become void. However, as soon as he remembers (that he is fasting), he must immediately remove his head out from the water. Vomiting Issue 367: Any time a person who is fasting intentionally vomits, even if it as a result of some sickness, then the fast will become void.

Issue 368: If a person who is fasting does not remember that he is fasting, or if he is forced to vomit, then the fast will not become void. The Qada’ and the Kaffarah of the Fast The Qada’ Fast Issue 369: If someone does not fast during the month of Ramadan, or his fast becomes void, then he must make up the Qada’ of these fasts after the month of Ramadan.

Kaffarah of the Fast Issue 370: Someone who makes his fast become void without a valid excuse, by committing one of the things that breaks the fast, must perform the Qada’ of the fast, and must also fulfill one of the following acts which are referred to as the Kaffarah (or penalties) (of the fast): • Must free one slave. • Must fast for two months of which 31 days must be consecutive. • Must feed sixty poor people, or give one mudd[^1] of food to each of them.

If a Kaffarah becomes Wajib on somebody, then one of the above three mentioned acts must be performed; and because in today’s day and age, the freeing of a slave is not applicable in terms of Fiqh, the second or third penalty must be performed.