1. Sexual foreplay, even if it led to some pre-seminal
fluid secretions.
2. Involuntary ejaculations, like wet
dreams.
3. Medically required injections, eye and ear
drops and medications placed on wounds.
4. Nose or
throat bleeding, or bleeding caused by pulling a tooth.
5. Involuntary vomiting.
6. Excessive washing of
the nose and mouth during wudoo.
7. Swallowing one's own
saliva.
8. Tasting food (when cooking), without
swallowing.
9. Taking a bath or swimming.
10. Delaying the purifying ghusl (bath) of janaabah
(impurity due to sexual intercourse), wet dream or menstruation till after fajr
(dawn) time.
11. Involuntary, forced or forgetful eating
or drinking.
12. Using siwaak (toothbrush without tooth
paste).
13. Using eye-shadows (kuhl), and applying or
smelling perfumes.
14. Eating before Maghrib (sunset) or
after fajr (dawn) because of mistake in time recognition.
15. Drawing out blood from the body.
9. WHAT MUST BE AVOIDED DURING FASTING
The fasting person is one who protects his body parts
from indulging in sins, his tongue from lying, obscenities and all types of
falsehood and his stomach from eating and drinking. Therefore, if he speaks he
must try not to speak anything that reduces the value of his fast and if he does
any action, he does not do anything to nullify his fast. Thus, his speech will
be good and his actions righteous. So the legislated fast is not only the mere
abstinence from food, drink and desires, but it is incumbent upon the fasting
person to also shy away from any action that would reduce the value of his fast
or destroy it, so that he will benefit from his fasting and achieve Taqwaa
(Allah consciousness), as Allah (T) said, which means:
"Fasting is prescribed on you as it was prescribed
upon those before you so that you may achieve Taqwa. " [Al-Baqarah 2:187]
This Taqwaa can only be achieved by the person who
abstains from all evils no matter how small.
Abu Huraira (R) said that the Messenger (S) of Allah (T)
said: "Whoever does not avoid false speech and acting on it, Allah (T) does
not have any need for him to leave his food and drink". [Bukhaaree]
Abu Huraira said that the Messenger (S) said:
"Fasting is not (merely) to leave off eating and drinking, but it is to
abstain from vain talk and obscene behaviour". Therefore, if anyone insults
you or behaves foolishly towards you, then say: "I am fasting, I am
fasting." [Bukhaaree]
For this reason there has reached us strong reprimand
from the Messenger (S) for anyone who involves in these types of evil
behaviours, he (S) said: "All that some people gets from their fasting is
hunger and thirst. " [Ibn Majah, Daramee]
10. THINGS THAT BREAK THE FAST
There are many things that the fasting person must avoid
because if he does them during the daytime of the month of Ramadaan his fast
would be void, and he would have increased his sins. The following are things
that break the fast:
Intentional eating and
drinking
Allah (T) said:
{And eat and drink until the white thread of Fajr
becomes distinct from its black thread, then complete the fast until the night.}
[Baqarah 2:187]
This verse shows that the fasting is abstaining from
eating and drinking and therefore whoever intentionally indulges in either of
them has destroyed his fast. However, if eating or drinking is done through
forgetfulness or being mistaken, or it is done under duress then his fast is
still valid and he does not have to make it up.
The following hadeeth establishes this.
The Messenger (S) said: "If anyone forgets and eats
and drinks, then let him complete his fast because it is Allah who fed him and
gave him to drink." [Bukhaaree and Muslim]
He (S) also said: "Indeed Allah (T) has freed my
Ummah from the burden of mistakes, forgetfulness and what they do under
duress." [Al-Haakim, Ad Daarqutnee]
Note:
Qadaa (one dayof fasting)
has to be made for intentional eating and drinking.
Intentional
vomiting
If someone is overtaken by vomit then
he continues his fast and completes it to the end of the day it would be valid.
If, however he intentionally vomits then his fast for that day is voided. This
is based on the following Hadeeth. The Messenger (S) said: "Whoever is
overtaken by vomiting then he does not have to make up that day. Whoever vomits
intentionally must make up a day." [Abu Dawood, Ibn Maajah, Ahmad]
Note:
Qadaa of one day has to be
made up for every day missed.