09.28.07

Swallowing food that was between one’s teeths teeth

Posted in Saum Q&A at 10:22 am by PakNik

السؤال: هل يفطر الصائمُ بما ينـزل جوفه من بقايا الطعام بين أسنانه ؟

الجواب : إن جرى الطعامُ من بين أسنانه ولم يمكنه تمييزُه وإخراجه حال جريانه فلا يفطر ؛ لأنه معذور . أما إن أمكنه تمييزه وإخراجه فقصَّر بطل صومه ، ولذا يتأكدُ للصائم تخليل أسنانه ليلاً كما تجد التصريح بذلك كله في “التحفة” وحواشيها .

If some food has passed through one’s teeth and he wasn’t able to distinguish it and get it out before it went down his throat, his fast has not been broken, for he is excused.

However, if he was able to distinguish it and get it out, and he didn’t, then his fast is broken. For this reason, a fasting person should clean between his teeth at night, as is stated in the Tuhfa and its super-commentaries.

Shaykh Amjad Rasheed 

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

Is it permissible for one fasting to chew on gum?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 10:20 am by PakNik

 

السؤال : هل يجوز للصائم مضغُ العلك ؟

الجواب : إن كان ينفصل عن العلك عينٌ تخالط الريق فتصل إلى الجوف فهو حرامٌ مبطلٌ للصوم ، أما إن كان مجردَ مضغ لا يصل منه عينٌ إلى الجوف فهو جائز لكنه مكروه لأنه يعطش ولأن بعضهم قال: إنه مفطر ، كما أشار إليه في “التحفة” (3/425) .

If a substance separates from the gum such that it mixes with the saliva and reaches the body cavity, then it is haram and it invalidates the fast.

However, if it is merely chewing it and no substances reaches the body cavity, then it is permissible but disliked, because it makes one thirsty, and because some have said that it invalidates the fast, as it was indicated in the Tuhfa of Ibn Hajar, (3:425).

Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

If a fasting person sleeps all day, is his fast valid?

Posted in Saum Q&A at 9:41 am by PakNik

السؤال: إذا نام الصائم جميع النهار هل يصح صومه ؟

الجواب : نعم يصح صومُه ؛ قال في “المنهاج” مع “التحفة” :” ( ولا يضر النوم المستغرق ) لجميع النهار ( على الصحيح ) لبقاء أهلية الخطاب فيه “. اهـ

 

Yes, his fast is valid. It says in the Minhaj with the Tuhfa, “Sleeping the whole day does not affect the fast according to the sound position, because the individual remains fit for legal responsibility.”

Amjad Rasheed

Saying Salawat after every 2 rakaah of tarawih

Posted in Salat Q&A at 9:38 am by PakNik

It is not a reprehensible innovation because sending peace and blessings on the Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, is one of the best forms of dhikr. Doing this frequently is a confirmed recommendation, without specification of time….read more