Ramadan Quiz

What is the primary goal of fasting in Ramadan?

• To experience hunger and empathize with the poor

• To improve health and detox the body

• To attain taqwa (piety and consciousness of Allah)

• To maintain Islamic traditions

Answer explanation

To attain taqwa (piety and consciousness of Allah)
📖 (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:183: "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain taqwa.")

What is the ruling on someone who deliberately eats or drinks during fasting without a valid excuse?

• They must make up the fast and repent

• Their fast is broken, but they can just continue the rest of the day

• They must fast 60 days consecutively or feed 60 poor people

• Their fast is still valid if they didn’t intend to break it

Answer explanation

Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله and other scholars explain that deliberately breaking the fast without an excuse is a major sin and requires sincere repentance and making up the missed fast.

Shaykh Ibn Baz رحمه الله stated:
"Whoever breaks the fast in Ramadan deliberately without an excuse has committed a grave sin. He must repent sincerely and make up that day, but there is no evidence for requiring continuous fasting for 60 days unless the act involved intercourse."

they must make up the fast and repent.

Which of the following breaks the fast?

• Using miswak (tooth-stick)

• Swallowing saliva

• Intentional vomiting

• Applying kohl (eyeliner)

Answer explanation

(Abu Dawood 2380 - "Whoever vomits unintentionally does not have to make up the fast, but whoever vomits deliberately must make it up.")

What time must a person stop eating before fasting begins?

• At Fajr adhan

• At Imsak (a few minutes before Fajr)

• At Maghrib

• At midnight

Answer explanation

(Sahih Bukhari 1919 - The Prophet ﷺ said: "Bilal calls the adhan at night, so eat and drink until you hear Ibn Umm Maktum’s adhan.")

🔹 The first adhan for Fajr was called by Bilal رضي الله عنه, which was meant as a reminder to wake up for suhoor.
🔹 The second adhan for Fajr was called by Ibn Umm Maktum رضي الله عنه, which marked the actual start of Fajr time, meaning suhoor had to stop at this point.

What are the best acts of worship during Ramadan after fasting?

• Making du'a

• Giving zakat

• Praying Taraweeh

• Reciting Qur’an

Answer explanation

📖 Sahih Bukhari (6)
Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما said:
"Jibril would come to the Prophet ﷺ every night in Ramadan and study the Qur’an with him."

🔹 Ibn Rajab رحمه الله (in Lataa’if al-Ma’aarif) commented on this, saying:
"This hadith shows the special emphasis on reciting and studying the Qur’an in Ramadan. Since the month is linked to the Qur’an, it is the best time to engage with it."

What is the ruling on intentionally skipping fasting in Ramadan without an excuse?

• One must fast two extra months

• There is no need to make it up, just repent

• One is sinful and must repent and make it up

• It is allowed if one intends to make up for it later

Answer explanation

(Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله: "Whoever does not fast Ramadan without a valid excuse has committed a major sin and must make it up immediately.")

What is the ruling on using injections while fasting?

• All injections break the fast

• No injections break the fast

• All injections are allowed

• Only nutritional injections break the fast

Answer explanation

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Let not the fast be broken except by that which enters the stomach." (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 2/308)

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله: "If an injection provides nourishment, it breaks the fast because it takes the same rule as eating and drinking: 'Eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct from the black thread (of night), then complete the fast until night'. If it is medicinal and does not replace food or drink, it does not break the fast.")

What is the best time to eat suhoor (pre-dawn meal)?

• Right after Isha

• At midnight

• A little before Fajr

• Any time before Fajr

Answer explanation

Sahih Bukhari 1921 & Sahih Muslim 1097
Anas رضي الله عنه narrated from Zayd ibn Thabit رضي الله عنه:
"We ate suhoor with the Prophet ﷺ, then he stood for prayer."
Anas asked: "How much time was there between the suhoor and the adhan?"
Zayd said: "As long as it takes to recite 50 verses of the Qur’an."

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
"The Sunnah is to delay suhoor as much as possible, as long as one stops before Fajr." (Sharh al-Mumti’, Vol. 6, p. 338)

📖 Shaykh Ibn Baz رحمه الله stated:
"The best time for suhoor is the last part of the night, just before Fajr, as the Prophet ﷺ and his companions did." (Majmu’ Fatawa, Vol. 15, p. 281)