Question 1: My daughter is only 9 years old and she is small – she gets very weak.  Am I able to decide for her not to fast? As long as there is sound concern- not just merely emotional sympathy- for her health then yes, you can. If she is following Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi and →

Question: What does it mean when Prophets and Imams admit that they do not have knowledge of the unseen? Answer: Whenever any of the Prophets and the Imams claim that they do not have knowledge of the unseen, they are referring to an essential limitation of their beings as humans. They are confessing a reality →

Question: A video has been circulating around recently of a public speaker claiming that ‘Taraweeh’ was an innovation that Imam Ali (as) had initially forbade, but that once some of his people insisted, the Imam allowed them to practice it. Is this correct? Answer: ‘Innovation’ البدعة  (as opposed to ‘Prophetic tradition’السُّنة) in the religious context means: →

Question: What is the meaning of Laylatul Qadr? Answer: In order to answer this question, we must consider Surat al-Qadr, chapter 97 of the Holy Quran. إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ‘We revealed it in the Night of Qadr’ (97:1) In this Surah Allah (swt) does not disclose what He revealed. ‘إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ’, the ‘hu’ →

Question: I have a question regarding fasting while pregnant. I am a pregnant lady. Two days ago I started to notice the baby kicking more than usual while I’m fasting, and I’m also feeling hungry and thirsty more than usual (I didn’t feel that way in my other pregnancies while fasting). I am not sure →

Question: Similar to public talk about the differences between Maraaje’ with regards to determining the beginning and end of the month of Ramadan, and this issue taking up alot of ‘air time’ every year in Shia communities, it seems that the question of how Ashura and Imam Husayn’s martyrdom should be commemorated has a similar →

Question: I am speaking on behalf of my mother. She still has to fast some days from Ramadan that she missed in the past. She is now chronically sick  so she has to take her medicine every day (10 times). During the month of Ramadan she didn’t take her medicines because she felt strong enough →

Question: I am going to be wearing the hijab this Ramadan, and I’m still 9, so if I wore a hijab with butterflies or something with a picture on it, is it haram? Answer: Congratulations and well done on wearing the hijab. Wearing colourful scarves with pictures should be okay. As you get older though it’s better →

Question: I did not keep a record of the fasts I need to make up from the previous Ramadan, and I fasted after Ramadan for some days, but its all so confusing to me so what should I do? Answer: You should estimate the number of fasts you missed and make up those fasts. If you cannot be sure of the number you →

Question: Can I use the asthma puffer while fasting? The asthma puffer is the blue puffer that is used during an asthma attack. Answer: Yes, it is permissible. For more info. on Fasting: 28 FAQs on Fasting in Month of Ramadan Answered by: Sheikh Mansour Leghaei →