WHEN A COMPENSATORY OR RECQMPENSATORY FAST BECOMES DUE

1. If  any one, keeping a fast, eats or drinks in forgetfulness or commits sexual inter-course then the fast is not breached even if it is full meal.
2. If any one is found eating or drinking in forgetfulness then if such a person is strong enough to bear the fast he may be reminded about the fast. But if he is. weak and unable to bear the fast he may not be reminded and allowed to eat.
3. One slept during the day and had a dream which necessitated a bath, the fast is not broken.
4. The use of Kuhl (Surmaa) in the eyes or oiling of hair and smelling of perfume is permissible in a fast and no harm is done to it. Even if the colour of Kuhl is found in the saliva or in the nose, it is not execrable and also does not breach fast.
5. Coherence of husband and wife and kissing in a fast is permissible and in order. But if it may excite passions and they may indulge in intercourse, then it is execrable.
6. If a fly or smoke or dust enters the throat with out any intention, then the fast is not broken. But if it is done deliberately then the fast is lost.
7. If anyone burnt an-incense near him and smell it then the fast is lost in the same way the fast is broken by smoking Huqqa, cigarette or tobacco. It is permissible to smell perfumes of rose etc. in which there is no smoke.
8. If a bit of flesh or betel nut or anything else was sticking in the teeth and was removed with a tooth-pick and swallowed without taking it out or went of its own in the throat then if it was less than a gram the fast is not lost, but if it was equal to or larger than a gram then the fast is breached. But if the article is taken out of the mouth and then swallowed the fast is broken whether it was equal to or less than a gram.
9. The fast is not broken by swallowing any quantity one's own saliva.
10. After chewing betel leaf if the mouth has been properly cleaned and gargled but the redness of the saliva not removed, then there is no harm and the fast is not broken.
11. If bath became essential in the night but did not bathe or bathed in the day, then the fast is complete. even if one did not bathe in the day, the fast is not lost but it is a sin in its own place.
12. If anyone  sucked the nose or water of the mouth and it went into the throat, the fast is not lost.
13. Anyone slept in the night with a betel-leaf in his mouth and got up in the morning, then the fast is lost. A compensatory fast only is due and no re-compensation.
14. While gargling water entered the throat of anyone having knowledge of the fast, then it is lost. A compensatory fast only is due and no recompensation.
15. If anyone vomited involuntarily, then the last is not lost whether it be small or large in quantity. But if one vomited intentionally and it was mouthful then the fast is lost and it was less than mouthful then the fast is not lost.
16. If a bit vomit came and returned to the throat or its own, then the fast is not lost. But it will be lost if returned intentionally by the person.
17. If anyone swallowed a pebble or a piece of iron or -any such thing which is not usually eaten or used as a medicine, then the fast is broken but no recompense is essential. But if any such thing is swallowed which is used as food, drink or medicine, then the fast is broken and both compensatory fast and recompense is due
18. Sexual inter-course disrupts the fast and both compensatory fast and recompense become due. The fast is broken when the top of the penis enters the vagina whether Semen is discharged or not.
19. If a man enters his penis in back part (hole) and its top has entered, then fast of both is lost and compensatory fast and recompense becomes due on both.
20. Recompense is due only on breaking the obligatory fast of the month of Ramadhaan and not of any other fast in whatever way it may be broken even if it is compensatory fast of Ramadhaan if it was not intended in the previous night.
21. If anyone put some smelling powder in his nose or oil in the ear or used something in the back bole to facilitate motion though did not drink any medicine, then the fast is lost. But only compensatory fast and no recompense is due. The fast is not lost by pouring water in the ear.
22. It is not proper for women to put any medicine or oil in their private part. It disrupts their fast and if done, only compensatory is due and no recompense. Men can use medicine or oil in their penis.
23. If the mid-wife put the finger in the vagina or the woman herself did it and after taking out the entire or part of the finger inserted it again, then the fast is broken, but no recompense will be due. The fast will not be disrupted if the finger was not put again after taking it out. But if the finger is already wet with water or anything else then the fast will be disrupted at its first entry.
24. If the blood coming out of mouth is swallowed with the saliva, then the fast is broken. But if the quantity of blood is less than the saliva and its taste is not felt in the throat then the fast is not broken.
25. The fast is not breached if anyone spot out anything just after tasting it but it is execrable to do so. But it is permissible for a woman whose husband is short-tempered and there is apprehension that if the salt etc. are not proper in the food he is likely to be angry. It is not execrable for her to do so.
26. It is execrable to crush anything in the mouth to feed a baby. But if it is necessary and unavoidable then it is not execrable.
27. To clean the mouth by crushing coal with teeth or with tooth-powder is execrable and if any portion of it goes to the throat, the fast is broken. But it is permissible to clean the mouth with a Miswaak (tooth-stick) whether it is dry or fresh. If the Miswaak is of  Neem (Margo) and its bitterness is also felt in the mouth, even then it is not execrable.
28. If a woman was sleeping soundly or was unconscious and someone has had intercourse with her, then her fast is broken and only a compensatory fast is due but for the man both compensatory fast and recompense is due.
29. If anyone ate something in forgetfulness and thought that the fast is broken and then ate deliberately then the fast is lost and only compensatory fast is due and no recompense.
30. If anyone vomited and thinking that the fast is broken and then ate deliberately, then the fast is lost and only compensatory fast is due.
31. If anyone used Kuhl or oil or got himself bleeded and presumed that the fast is broken and then ate deliberately, then both compensatory and recompense become due.
32. If during the Ramadhaan anyone's fast is broken accidentally, it is not proper to eat or drink anything for the rest of the day. He should behave as those who are fasting.
33. If anyone did not resolve to fast in Ramadhaan and continued to eat and drink, then no recompense will be due. It is due only on breaking a fast without a legitimate cause after making a resolve.

ABOUT 'SAHRI' AND IFTAAR
(eating something before dawn and breaking of last)