Mr. Allama Muhammad bin Abdullah Awad Al-Muayyidi

Question: What is the explanation of Allah’s saying: “The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months”? [al-Qadr:3]

Question: A man was fasting as expiation for accidental killing. One night he was awakened for suḥūr; he rose and ate. When he got up from his suḥūr, it became clear to him that his suḥūr—or part of it—was after...

Question: A man vowed to fast a month that is not specified—neither in wording nor in intention—and at the time of the vow nothing occurred to his mind regarding consecutiveness or non-consecutiveness. Is he required to fast the days consecutively,...

Question: People frequently ask about injections during the day in Ramaḍān, about IV drips, and about the use of the inhaler for asthma sufferers?

Question: Does the use of a spray (inhaler) for shortness of breath break the fast or not?

Question: Is it permissible for a woman to use a treatment that prevents menstruation in Ramaḍān so that she may fast the entire month? Likewise during Ḥajj, so that menstruation does not hinder her from performing some rites?

Question: Is a pampered fasting person—who sleeps from after the dawn prayer until the time of ʿAṣr or after it, such that only two hours remain until the call to Maghrib—rewarded, even though he feels neither hunger nor thirst?

Question: If a fasting person broke his fast at sunset, then after breaking his fast boarded a plane; when the plane ascended and headed westward, the fasting person saw the sun—what is required of him?

Question: How is the ruling for common believers who fast and break the fast with the people, without investigation or scrutiny—and likewise in their standing at ʿArafah? Is that sufficient for them with Allah absolutely, or is it not sufficient...

Question: Is sighting the crescent by magnifying devices considered valid?