WOMEN ISSUES IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN PART 2

As a follow up to the part 1, Women Issues in the month of Ramadan. Let us today examine the followings matters that have to do with women issues in Ramadan.

NULLIFIERS OF FASTING.

THINGS THAT ARE NOT PERMITTTED FOR A WOMAN IN HER FASTING.

ISSUES THAT DO NOT HAVE EFFECTS ON YOUR FASTING AS A WOMAN.

NULLIFIERS OF FASTING:

1. Sex: day time in the Ramadan. the fasting is nullified.
2. Discharges of sperms through excessive kisses or contacts with your husband/wife (though you can hug and kiss lightly) No
problem with kisses and hugging only be sure you do not arouse your feelings.
3. Eating and drinking
4. Nutrient injections to keep you strong (DRIPS)
5. Deliberate vomiting. But uncontrollable vomiting does not nullify fasting
7. Menstruations or the discharges of blood during or before delivering or before giving birth.

THINGS THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED FOR A WOMAN WHEN FASTING ESPECIAL IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN. (مكروهات الصيام)

Undesirable issues in fasting do not actually nullify your fasting, but it is recommended, that you do not burden yourself with fasting when you are in one of those situations. And they are:

1.When sick: The sick is not permitted to fast. Especial if the sickness weakens your body.

2.When on journey. Its recommended that, you do not fast when on journey.

3.During pregnancy: Pregnant women are supposed to abstain from fasting. Islam has exempted them temporary from fasting, due to what they go through.

4.Toothpaste: Though it does not nullify your fasting, but cautions must be observed here because of its pungent taste.
5.Constant gathering of saliva in the mouth and swallowing it. (Not a good behavior)

6.Too much water in the mouth during ablution for gargling or inhaling and exhaling.

7.Anti-Menses pills: Do not use pills that prevents you from your usual menses because of fasting or any other IBADAT. It does not nullify your fasting, but not recommended.

ISSUES THAT DO NOT HAVE EFFECTS ON YOUR FASTING:

1.The use of lips sticks or creams to prevent lips dryness

2.taking blood samples for medical reasons.

3.Women, who bleed abnormally beyond their period days, must fast even if they continue to bleed outside their normal menstrual days.

4.The use of performs and other body fragrance has nor any effects on your fasting.

5.Chewing sticks for a short period especial during ablutions do not have any effects on your fasting.

6.KOHL (KWALLI) for eyelids and other make up kids for women do not have any bearing on your fasting. Any exterior body substance for beautification does not have effect on your fasting.

7.Injections for medical reasons do not have effect on your fasting.

8.Light kisses between you and your husband without the exchange of saliva. And without exciting each other has no bearing on your fast. RASULULLAH used to kiss his wives s when fasting and when going out for prayers sometimes.

9.Asthmatic patient can use their mouth or throat spray while fasting. No problem with that.

10.A woman can taste the food she prepares lightly and without swallowing it to see if the ingredients she puts are ok. No problem with that even when fasting.

11.You can delay Janaba bathing after legal sex or after menstruations until sun rises no problem with that. Your fasting is valid. (JANABA does not have effects on fasting

12.Eye drops and Ear drops do not nullify fasting. Only nose drops have effects, cautions must be
observed here.

13. Bleeding of a pregnant woman does not have effects on her fasting. If its not a labour sign

14.Day dreams having sex does not have effects on your fasting.

15.If you forget and eat or drink something, and you suddenly remember that you are fasting, stop it immediately and continue with your fasting. No problem with that.

16. Food items or money from your boy friend during the Ramadan, though do not have effects on your fasting, but avoiding it is the best.(because of the illegal relationship between you and the man). ALLAH does not accept illegal things.

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR SENSELESS HUSBAND WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU DAY TIME IN THE RAMDAN,

Under no circumstances shall you allow your husband to have sex with you, day time in the Month of RAMADAN. If he forces and have sex with you against your will. Your fasting is valid. But he must offer some (KAFFARAT الكفارة) or Expiatory as a punishment for violating the sacredness of the holy month.

And the EXPIATORIES or kaffarat for having sex day time in the RAMADAN are:

1.Freeing of a slave. (Of course now there are no slaves so this option cannot be met)
2.If you can’t get a slave to free, then you must fast 2 months continuously without breaking unless with an acceptable tangible reason.
3. And if you can’t fast 2 months continuously, then you feed 60 needy or poor people.

SOME IMORTANT INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE RAMADAN:

1.The old must not fast. The old age people are exempted from fasting. They only need to feed a poor person daily.

2.If a non-Muslim lady becomes a Muslimah day time in the Ramadan, she has to abstain from eating in the public for that day, but she doesn't have to pay that day or any missing days.

3.It is well recommended that a woman should not fast when travelling especial if there is any possibilities of fatigues in the journey. Fasting while on journey is not a recommended habit. Its better you don’t fast.

4. If a young girl sees her menses for the first time day time in the Ramadan, she must abstain from food, though she will not pay for that day and the previous days, But fasting has become obligations on her from that day.

With this we come to an end to an for the Ramadan lectures. Next will be "Tafseer" of some verses and chapters.

May ALLAH swt make our fasting and Ibadah perfect. And may ALLAH swt reward our mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and all women who always work tirelessly to prepare food for us in every month of Ramadan. Aameen.

Every woman who can read the Holy Quran must try to read it many times in this blessed month.