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Some Shia Jurists issued Fatwas (religious edict) in response to the Istifta (new inquiry) about questions regarding the fasting during the...
Read More »Fatwas of Shia Jurists on Fasting during Ramadan amid Coronavirus
When Does the Fast Start, When Does it End?
What time should one stop eating, at imsak timing or at the start of Fajr? In France imsak timing is 20 minutes before Fajr timing. Should we offer Fajr prayer immediately after...
Read More »Why Shouldn’t Women Do Prayers and Fast during their Menses?
In fact, no divine law has been enacted or legislated without a rationale or reason but it remains concealed to us....
Read More »Why Do the Shi’a Avoid Tarawih Congregations
The Ahl al-Sunnah generally consider it a sunnah to offer specific evening prayers – the Tarawih – in congregation during the holy month of Ramadan. The Shi’ah, while being commended to offer similar nawafil (recommended prayers), are not allowed to offer them in...
Read More »Can a Woman Fast during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding?
Fasting or Ṣawm, is one of the most important obligatory rituals in Islam. Muslims must abstain from a number of activities including eating and drinking from dawn to dusk to...
Read More »Fasting Reduces the Risk of Coronavirs: Sweden Professor of Infectious Disease
Johan Giske, a professor of infectious diseases at Sweden’s Karolinska Medical Institute, said that fasting through drying the throat reduces the risk of contracting the...
Read More »Ayatollah Golpayegani’s Fatwa on Fasting during Ramadan in the Time of Coronavirus
The Shia Prominent Cleric, Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani answered a question about fasting during Coronavirus outbreak..
Read More »Al-Azhar’s Imam Calls on People not to Pay Attention to Baseless, Fast as Normal
The grand imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, has urged Muslims to perform the daily prayers and the seasonal Taraweeh prayers at home with family during...
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei’s Fatwa on Fasting during Ramadan in the Time of Coronavirus
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei has answered a question regarding the fasting during the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Breaking Fast not Allowed if there is no Real Fear of Coronavirus
A senior Shia cleric based in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf said Muslims are not allowed to skip fasting in Ramadan for concerns about the coronavirus unless there is real fear of contracting the virus.
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