Prophet Muhammad enjoined zakat al-fitr on the Muslims, one sa’ of dates or one sa’ of barley, and he commanded that it be given before the people went out to the ‘Eid prayer.

The correct view is that swallowing mucus does not break the fast because it does not come under the same heading as food and drink. Putting a finger in one’s ear does not break the fast either.

It is haram to break your without a valid excuse and whoever does not fast has abandoned one of the pillars of Islam, and is committing a grave major sin.

Tahiyyatul Masjid (“greeting the mosque”) is Sunnah according to most of the scholars, some of the scholars stated that there was consensus on this point.

The majority of scholars are of the view that sighting the new moon of Ramadan on the first night of the month is a communal obligation, and if all the people fail to do it then they are sinning.

The age at which parents should start to teach their children to fast is the age at which they are able to fast. Some scholars have defined this as being ten years of age.