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Common Mistakes During Ramadhan
Bismillah Wasalaatu wasalaam A’la Rasoolillah. Ama Ba’ad
The list was taken from Sheikh Ahmad’s Fiqh of Ramadhan class.
Common Mistakes During Ramadhan:
Focusing on food; to the extent that people begin to worry about eating more then actually fasting. This also goes along with spending tons of money on Iftaars even though a person does not need to eat that much food.
Making Suhr way before Fajr. Some people eat Suhr a few hours after Taraweeh or Isha Salah, this is wrong. It should be eaten closer to the time of Fajr.
People don’t make Niyyah (intentions) to fast for Ramadhan. This is something in the heart and does not need to be verbal. Also it only needs to be done once, at the beginning of Ramadhan and not every single day.
If you find out late that Ramadhan started, you should stop eating and fast for that day, making that day up after Ramadhan/Eid ends.
Many people don’t think you pray Taraweeh on the first night of Ramadhan (such as tonight). They believe you pray it after the first day you actually fast. They forget that the Islamic calender runs on the moon, maghrib is the start of the new day.
Many people believe if you eat or drink on accident this breaks your fast. This is false, if you do this on accident then you continue fasting and do not need to make up the day.
Some people take the opinion that if they see someone eating or drinking they should not remind the person that he/she is fasting. According to Sheikh Bin Baz (ra), this is incorrect and it is an order from Allah for us to ordain the good and forbid the evil. Thus we tell the person, because we are forbidding the evil this way.
Many sisters believe they cannot use Hennah while fasting. This is incorrect, they are allowed to use it during Ramadhan.
Some people believe when you are cooking you cannot taste the food to see if it has the right spices/flavors. This is false, and allowed in Islam as long as the person cooking is not eating the food. Rather they can taste it to see if it needs salt, or more spices.
Many people think you cannot use a Miswak or toothbrush during Ramadhan. This is false, for the Prophet(saw) used to use a miswak during Ramadhan. Also you CAN use toothpaste; the reasoning by the scholars is that the Miswak has flavor, thus toothpaste is okay to use (if you are not eating it).
Some people make the Fajr Adhan early. They do this so people will stop eating before Fajr and not invalidate their fast. This is wrong and something we should not do.
Some people make the Maghrib Adhan late. They do this so people will start eating late, just incase Maghrib has not come in yet. Thsi too is wrong and we should not do this.
Many many people believe you cannot have intercourse with your spouse during the whole month of Ramadhan. This is false, you cannot do this only during the times when you are fasting. Between Maghrib and Fajr it is permissable to do.
Many women believe that if their period has just ended and they did not make ghusl, they cannot fast that day (considering their period ended at night, and they went to bed without Ghusl, waking up without having a chance to make it). This is incorrect, if a women has not made Ghusl she can still fast.
Many men believe that if he has had intercourse with his wife and did not make ghusl (similar to the above) then he cannot fast the next morning. This is also incorrect, for he can fast even if he has not made Ghusl.
Some people pray Dhur and Asr prayers together during Ramadhan. (mainly in Arab countries my comment: wonder who told him this, i lived my entire life in arabia and never even heard of this). This is incorrect and should be avoided.
Some people believe you cannot eat until the Muadthin is done calling the Maghrib Adthan. This is incorrect, as soon as he starts a person can break their fast.
Many people don’t take advantage of making dua before they break their fast. This is one of the three times when Allah accepts a person dua.
Many people make the mistake of spending the later part of Ramadhan prepairing for Eid, neglecting Ramadhan. This is incorrect and these people lose the concept of what Ramadhan is about.
Many parents do not let their children fast during Ramadhan (young children). This is somehting counter productive to a child. By allowing him to fast he will grow up to know he must do this act.
Many people think Ramadhan is just about not eating and forget about controling their tempers and watching what they say. In actuality we are supposed to control our tempers and mouthes even more during Ramadhan.
People often waste their time during Ramadhan. They go to sleep during the day and get nothing done. We should be taking advantage of this blessed month by doing extra Ibaadat.
Some people don’t go on trips or travel during Ramadhan. They think they have to break their fast when traveling. This is actually optional, if you want to break your fast while traveling you can (with making it up later), and if you don’t you can continue fasting.
Many people who are able don’t make Itikaaf at the masjid. We should take advantage of our good health and spend lots of time at the Masjid, expecially the last 10 days of Ramadhan.
Some people believe they cannot cut their hair or nails during Ramadhan. This is also false.
Some people say you cannot swallow your spit during Ramadhan. This too is false. However you cannot swallor mucus that has entered your mouth.
Some people say you cannot use scented oils or perfumes during Ramadhan. This too is false.
Some people believe bleeding breaks the fast. This is not true.
Some people believe if you throw up on accident it breaks your fast. This is not true, however if you do it intentionally it does.
Some people think you cannot put water in your nose and mouth during wuduh in Ramadhan. This too is incorrect.
i recommend people to be careful about #10....
u might break ur fast if u swallow the toothpaste....
either as paste or mixed with water when u gargle at the end to rinse ur mouth and throat (specially if one is in the habit of using more paste than actually needed)....
to be on a safer side, i suggest to use miswaak....
3) My Mum says we have to do Niyyat everyday before we begin our fast…
**9)** Don't agree with...when u taste the food, it goes down with ur saliva therefore it's like u ate it cos u swallowed it...unlike toothpaste which u spit out, so that's ok...
**20) **Yeah, that's a good thing...but is there a fixed age when a child can start?...and wot about half-day fasts for younger children, are they ok?
**& 29) **I've always been told by elders that if u vomit u have to break ur fast, intentional or not...i think because it's unhealthy and shows u may be becoming sick...
The rest are really good...thanks for the reminders...:blush:
Firstly bro, i’m a woman and secondly, i don’t know wot things u follow…maybe they r from the “indian version of Islam”…but in my family that is how we do things, and because i respect my elders i have never questioned wot they have taught me about fasting or any other aspect of Islam…that’s brilliant if the list cleared misconceptions that U had…i don’t have any…and the ones i didn’t mention in that post, i already knew about but was grateful to be reminded of them that’s all…i was just stating wot I personally have been told, and those things don’t change after reading this list.
Second, Islam is not about what families practice or what your parents teach you…It is about what the Quran and Sunnah teach you, even if it goes against what you have previously been taught…
I come from a very Barelvi family with deep roots in peeri mureedi, naaz o niyaaz and all that and they still do…However, me and my brother broke away from all that nonsense precisely because what we were taught by our families and parents clashed with what is in the Quran and Sunnah…
The four Imams :rehm:, who were wise and knowledgable beyond our scope, even they said that if any of their teachings collided with what is in the Quran and Sunnah, to take those teachings of theirs and to throw them in the trash…
We, as Muslims, should hold the same opinion, that if anything of our knowledge collides with the Quran or Sunnah, it is incumbent upon us to discard them ASAP…
I think its important that when we put up information like this, we are well-prepared to give references to ayahs of the Quran and references to Hadith.
After all, would you want to have the sin of spreading the wrong information among the muslim Ummah on your shoulders?
about the mucus part: what about when someone has a col or flu, but it isn’t severe enough to stop him from fasting. mucus might just drip from the back of your nose into your mouth?
I had an interesting conversation with a guppy who informed me that the whole "you can taste food for mirchi, etc" is taken out of context. If you can put forth that hadith which features this ruling, please put it forth.
Also, the ghusl part doesn't make sense to me. To start your roza, you must of course read fajr namaz. And to read namaz, shouldn't you have performed ghusl? Hence, you must have ghusl if you've had intercourse etc before you start the fast?
for the time being, lets answer the second question....
first, prayer and fating r two different things....
u can still be fasting if u r not praying....
two, for fajr u can perform ghusl after u have closed the fasting....
and u dont need to be in tahaara to close the fast....
That means women in menstruation can actually fast then?
No. They can not. Bhook hartaal karni hai tu alag baat hai
also there is nothign confusing read it again. It says
14) Many women believe that if their period has just ended and they did not make ghusl, they cannot fast that day (considering their period ended at night, and they went to bed without Ghusl, waking up without having a chance to make it). This is incorrect, if a women has not made Ghusl she can still fast.
But if she can still fast without making a ghusl, she can also fast while she has her period (not the same as saying that she is mandated to fast while she has her period).
Oh this is precious. This is why I say, lets reference hadith, otherwise we're talking based upon a post by some guy, claiming that its from maulana whoever, and we don't have any way of verifying that any of this is 100% true without proper references.
