Fasting

Is a Patient Is Allowed to Fast

I would like to ask a religious question. I am a 26-year-old female. When I was 21 years old, I had problems controlling my bladder. Whenever I drank one glass of water, I would have to pass urine 3 times or maybe more. I thought this was not a problem until 6 months ago. I was hospitalized and diagnosed with amoeba cyst and campylobacter jejuni bacteria. This has nothing to do with my urinary tract. The specialist requested a CT-Scan to be performed on me. From the scan, the specialist found that I have a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys joined into one). This explains why I can't control my bladder. My urinary tract is very small. If I were to control it and refused to go to the toilet, I wouldn't be able to pass urine at all! I was hospitalized 3 times just to drain the urine out of me.My question is actually related to fasting. I had no problems fasting during Ramadan until this happened. I kept drinking lots of water during sahur. There was no problem passing urine but by noon, I was unable to pass urine anymore as I was dehydrated. I had to endure the pain till buka puasa (the time of breaking the fast). It was so painful that I was even counting down the time. When it was time for buka puasa, the first thing I did was to drink plenty of water. Later, I had problems urinating as there was a painful burning sensation after seven hours of dehydration.That's not all. I had to batal in the middle of Tarawih because I needed to go to the toilet. I consulted many doctors and even the urologist regarding my problem but all they can advise me is to drink plenty of water to flush the acidity in me.My question is, how do I go through fasting the month of Ramadan if I have this problem?All these years, I suffered through by forcing myself to fast. Most of my Muslim friends, relatives, and even my parents told me that Allah will understand if I don't fast. But I don't want to tanggung dosa (be responsible) because berpuasa is one of my rukun (pillars of) Islam. And furthermore, how am I going to repay my fasting if I don't fast during the fasting month?

Breaking Fasting While Breastfeeding

Bismillahi-rahmani-raheemRespected scholars,Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa brarakatuh,I have two health related questions burning on my mind for which I am hoping badly to hear a fatwa. I do not know who to ask about it, for the one should have knowledge in Shariah as well as in the mentioned fields:1. I am currently breastfeeding my seven month old son and I still have to make up most of the fasting of Ramadan. Now my aunt, who is a Pharmacologist but not a Muslim, advised me to not fast during breastfeeding for toxins stored in body fat are going to be released and will go into the breast milk. Since she is not a Muslim and therefore unaware of the benefits and obligation to fast she is of course very easy in giving such an advice. That is why I am hoping to hear an opinion of a Mumin well learned in Shariah who has very good knowledge of the physical processes within the body (metabolism and so on) and the risks of toxins as well. Since breastfeeding women are allowed to not be fasting during Ramadan if they are not able, I am wondering if nowadays, where our environment, food etc. is so polluted that no one can avoid storing lots of toxins, fasting should or could, without doing haram, be paused until the whole two years of breastfeeding are over. That is why I am asking for a fatwa in this topic that takes the situation we live in today (a quite polluted environment) into account. I do not want that we harm our children on the one hand and I don?t want to do haram and be obliged to do kaffara by not making up my days of last Ramadan before the start of next Ramadan either. I used to enjoy fasting prior to the pregnancy of my first child, but since then I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding and/or pregnant or breastfeeding again. And in this time I found it actually quite hard, although I cannot say I am not able to do it. But I lost a lot of weight during breastfeeding my first child and now I am loosing even more during breastfeeding my second one. I feel I have to eat a lot and often times I have four instead of three meals a day.2. I am very interested in Naturopathy and Homeopathy and I am trying to treat my family and myself with it. Now, many very effective herbal remedies containing alcohol are available on the market, for most herbal essences are best preserved in alcohol. I bought some of them and tried to get rid of the alcohol by warming/heating it up so the alcohol would evaporate. The problem is that I might very well have destroyed the whole active agent as well. That?s why I don?t buy or use remedies containing alcohol any more since they are not life-saving musts. But sometimes I feel that it is too bad that we can?t use them, for they might prevent us from having to take chemical medications, which surely cause some harm (too). I am so sure that Naturopathy is much closer to the Islam than what the pharmaceutical industry produces, but it seems to need the alcohol. That?s why I am puzzled about how to deal with the whole thing.I would be so relieved if you could answer my questions or if you could tell me where to ask for a fatwa in these topics.Yasak Allahu khayran Wassalam Your sister-in-Islamabida

Not Making up for Missed Fasting due to Breastfeeding.

Bismillahi-rahmani-raheemRespected scholars,Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa brarakatuh,I have two health related questions burning on my mind for which I am hoping badly to hear a fatwa. I do not know who to ask about it, for the one should have knowledge in Shariah as well as in the mentioned fields:1. I am currently breastfeeding my six month old son and I still have to make up most of the fasting of Ramadan. Now my aunt, who is a Pharmacologist but not a Muslim, advised me to not fast during breastfeeding for toxins stored in body fat are going to be released and will go into the breast milk. Since she is not a Muslim and therefore unaware of the benefits and obligation to fast she is of course very easy in giving such an advice. That is why I am hoping to hear an opinion of a Mumin well learned in Shariah who has very good knowledge of the physical processes within the body (metabolism and so on) and the risks of toxins as well. Since breastfeeding women are allowed to not be fasting during Ramadan if they are not able, I am wondering if nowadays, where our environment, food etc. is so polluted that no one can avoid storing lots of toxins, fasting should or could, without doing haram, be paused until the whole two years of breastfeeding are over. That is why I am asking for a fatwa in this topic that takes the situation we live in today (a quite polluted environment) into account. I do not want that we harm our children on the one hand and I don?t want to do haram and be obliged to do kaffara by not making up my days of last Ramadan before the start of next Ramadan either. I used to enjoy fasting prior to the pregnancy of my first child, but since then I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding and/or pregnant or breastfeeding again. And in this time I found it actually quite hard, although I cannot say I am not able to do it. But I lost a lot of weight during breastfeeding my first child and now I am loosing even more during breastfeeding my second one. I feel I have to eat a lot and often times I have four instead of three meals a day.2. I am very interested in Naturopathy and Homeopathy and I am trying to treat my family and myself with it. Now, many very effective herbal remedies containing alcohol are available on the market, for most herbal essences are best preserved in alcohol. I bought some of them and tried to get rid of the alcohol by warming/heating it up so the alcohol would evaporate. The problem is that I might very well have destroyed the whole active agent as well. That?s why I don?t buy or use remedies containing alcohol any more since they are not life-saving musts. But sometimes I feel that it is too bad that we can?t use them, for they might prevent us from having to take chemical medications, which surely cause some harm (too). I am so sure that Naturopathy is much closer to the Islam than what the pharmaceutical industry produces, but it seems to need the alcohol. That?s why I am puzzled about how to deal with the whole thing.I would be so relieved if you could answer my questions or if you could tell me where to ask for a fatwa in these topics.Yasak Allahu khayran Wassalam Your sister-in-Islamabida