DO
• Fasting is obligatory for every Muslim.
• Sick or travelling Muslims are exempt from fasting.
• After recuperating form sickness, one must make for the missed days by fasting even after Ramadan.
• Those who are terminally ill are exempt from fasting, but they must offer ‘fidyah’ (a day’s meals for each missed fast) to a poor person.
• Using eye drops, contact lenses and perfumes is permissible.
• One can undergo blood tests and vaccination if required.
• One can take a nap during the day.
• Menstruating women, pregnant women, those in post-natal stage and nursing mothers are exempt from fasting but they have to make up for it either through offering fidyah to needy persons or by fasting at a later occasion.
• Old men and women and children are also excused from fasting.
• One must carry a dignified and pure demeanour during the fast and should indulge in acts of charity.
DON’TS
• Care should be taken while brushing the teeth so that water is not taken in. However, swallowing water accidentally or involuntarily while brushing or taking a bath does not nullify the fast.
• A husband and wife must abstain from getting intimate, though they can kiss each other (but no getting passionate, ahem). In fact, sexual intercourse during fasting is considered a sin. Even masturbating is prohibited.
• It is considered a sin if a Muslim undertakes a journey deliberately in order to stay away from fasting.
• If a woman’s period begins even in the last few moments before sunset, her fast becomes null. She has to make up for it later.
• One must avoid lying, backbiting and using foul language during Ramadan.
• Vomiting deliberately nullifies a fast.
• Collecting saliva in the mouth and then swallowing it is also offensive.
• Fasting is obligatory for every Muslim.
• Sick or travelling Muslims are exempt from fasting.
• After recuperating form sickness, one must make for the missed days by fasting even after Ramadan.
• Those who are terminally ill are exempt from fasting, but they must offer ‘fidyah’ (a day’s meals for each missed fast) to a poor person.
• Using eye drops, contact lenses and perfumes is permissible.
• One can undergo blood tests and vaccination if required.
• One can take a nap during the day.
• Menstruating women, pregnant women, those in post-natal stage and nursing mothers are exempt from fasting but they have to make up for it either through offering fidyah to needy persons or by fasting at a later occasion.
• Old men and women and children are also excused from fasting.
• One must carry a dignified and pure demeanour during the fast and should indulge in acts of charity.
DON’TS
• Care should be taken while brushing the teeth so that water is not taken in. However, swallowing water accidentally or involuntarily while brushing or taking a bath does not nullify the fast.
• A husband and wife must abstain from getting intimate, though they can kiss each other (but no getting passionate, ahem). In fact, sexual intercourse during fasting is considered a sin. Even masturbating is prohibited.
• It is considered a sin if a Muslim undertakes a journey deliberately in order to stay away from fasting.
• If a woman’s period begins even in the last few moments before sunset, her fast becomes null. She has to make up for it later.
• One must avoid lying, backbiting and using foul language during Ramadan.
• Vomiting deliberately nullifies a fast.
• Collecting saliva in the mouth and then swallowing it is also offensive.
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