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Fast of those who are exempted

Standing Committee Standing Committee They Work in Difficult Jobs Such As Smelting Metals

Standing Committee for Research and Issuing Fatwas, 10/233-234.

What is the ruling of Islamic sharee’ah on the situation of workers who work in exhausting jobs, especially in the summer months. I can give you an example of those who work with furnaces for smelting metals. is it permissible for them not to fast in Ramadaan?.

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Shaykh Ibn Shaykh Ibn She Did not Fast Because She Was Worried About Her Nursing Baby

Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Uthemeen

A woman gave birth in Ramadaan and did not make up her missed fasts after Ramadaan because she was worried about her nursing baby.

Then she got pregnant and gave birth in the following Ramadaan. is it permissible for her to give charity instead of fasting?

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Al Baqarah Al Baqarah Making Up Ramadaan Fasts Missed Because of Childbirth

 Shaykh Waleed al-Firyaan

How do I go about repaying my fast as I had just given birth during the month of Ramadan ?What is the intention that I should recite before fasting ?

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Al Baqarah Al Baqarah Ruling on Breaking Fast Because of Intense Heat and to Treat the Injured

From Fataawa Samaahat al-Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Humayd, p. 171

I work in civil defence. When it is Ramadaan, is it permissible for a person to break his fast if he feels intensely thirsty whilst treating the injured?

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Fast of Those who are Exempted Exams are not An Excuse for not Fasting in Ramadaan

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

I have exam in ramadan for 6 hours and half,continous with 45 minutes break during the exam.I took this exam last year,but I didn't concntrate because I was fasting.    can I break my fast in this day of my exam?

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Fast of Those who are Exempted Fast of Those who are Exempted He Works for the Military– is it Permissible for Him not to Fast in Ramadaan?

Standing Committee for Research and Issuing Fatwas 10/232

I work for the military unit and the month of Ramadaan is coming. is it permissible for me not to fast, knowing that my circumstances do not make it easy to fast?.

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Al Baqarah Al Baqarah Ruling on the Fast of a Pregnant Woman who is Affected by Fasting

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

Is it mandatory for a pregnant woman to observe fasting in Ramadhan and Ashoo'ra. I advised my wife not to fast during last Ramadhaan and she was not fasting because she was pregnant.She was weak and anaemic last time when she was pregnant. She had miscarried by end of Ramadhan when she was 12 weeks pregnant. What is the ruling about her missed fasting during ramadhan. Does she have to complete them before next ramadhaan. Can she fast normally when she finds that she is pregnant?. She always insist on fasting during pregnancy. Any medical evidences will also help that the baby won't be harmed by fasting during pregnancy.

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