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What breaks the fast

10 segments in 6 recordings · 2017 to 2025 · 0 verified · 3 checked positions · fiqh/fasting/what-breaks-the-fast · Feed

Most recent statement · 18 Oct 2025Does the Quran alone say what breaks the fast?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 18 Oct 2025

18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDoes the Quran alone say what breaks the fast? The guest says 2:187 shows that eating, drinking and intercourse break the fast by making them lawful at night; Mufti Abu Layth says the verse does not explicitly forbid them by day, so the Quran-only reader is inferring by reason rather than reporting what God said. Discussionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 2:187 (lawful for you on the night of the fast; eat and drink until the white thread)sawm (fasting) machine4 min 25 s1:42:01on YouTube

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2025 · 1

18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs the daytime ban on eating and intimacy in Ramadan stated in the Quran or inferred? The daytime prohibition of eating and intimacy in Ramadan comes from 2:187 by mafhum al-mukhalafa, an adverse inference Mufti Abu Layth accepts but which is not the explicit reading, so some verses need the tradition's explanation; the guest says each reader is rewarded according to his understanding. Discussionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quran 2:187 (lawful for you on the night of the fast; eat and drink until the white thread)mafhum al-mukhalafa (adverse inference)usul al-fiqh machine5 min 35 s1:50:43on YouTube

2021 · 1

19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Under the microscope: a text on the fast breaking through a 'direct channel' Mufti Abu Layth mocks a fiqh text saying the fast breaks when a substance reaches the stomach or brain through a 'direct channel'. Othersawm (fasting) machine2 min 30 s34:42on YouTube

2020 · 3

19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is masturbation haram in Islam? The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Ibn Abbasreport: a young man came to ibn abbas and said he stimulates himself and ibn abbas said what you are doing is better than zina but marrying a slave girl is better than what you are doingreport: whoever cannot marry should fast for it is a shield machine3 min 48 s1:47:50on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Doesn't the Islamic teaching on modesty make pornography haram? The guest says the general teaching on modesty is not enough to declare something haram without clear evidence; Mufti Abu Layth says he is not convinced by the report that eating ice does not break the fast. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)haya (modesty)report: haya is a branch of imanAbu Hanifa machine6 min 14 s2:02:05on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does masturbation or other sexual activity break the fast? The guest says only intercourse is agreed to break the fast, citing Aisha's report and al-Albani; Mufti Abu Layth says he agrees that masturbation per se does not break the fast. Discussionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Aishareport: the prophet did everything with his wives while fasting except intercourseal-Albani machine5 min 08 s2:08:19on YouTube

2019 · 2

25 May 2019video Does a nicotine patch or vaping break my fast? No: Mufti Abu Layth says a nicotine patch does not break the fast, and he feels vaping is the same, though neither is being encouraged. Question source not recordedposition checkedMuhammad al-Aziz Ju'ayt [?], Grand Maliki Mufti of Tunissawm (fasting)Hanafifatwa machine4 min 28 s1:18on YouTube
25 May 2019video Does smoking break my fast? Some scholars hold that smoking does not break the fast and those who follow them are not to blame, but Mufti Abu Layth's own advice is to use nicotine patches instead. Lessonposition checkedJamal al-Bannaal-Azharsawm (fasting)fatwa machine4 min 07 s4:29on YouTube

2017 · 2

17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious Can I brush my teeth with toothpaste or use mouthwash while fasting? Mufti Abu Layth says you can brush with toothpaste and use mouthwash while fasting, and encourages it; the aftertaste does not break the fast. Question written questionposition checkedsawm (fasting)report: khaluf fam al-saim atyab inda allah min rih al-misk (the odour of the fasting person's mouth is better to Allah than musk)miswakmakruh machine8 min 51 s1:23on YouTube
17 May 2017Ramadan Q&A Fast & Fiqhious Does masturbation break my fast? Scholars differ: the majority hold that masturbation with ejaculation breaks the fast, by analogy with intercourse, while a minority including Ibn Hazm and some Hanafis hold that it does not, since no text says so. Mufti Abu Layth presents both views without committing to one. Question from the audiencequoted view, not his positionsawm (fasting)qada (making up a missed fast) [?]kaffarah (expiation) [?]Ibn Hazm [?] machine5 min 19 s0:50on YouTube