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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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If a person is financially dependent, and cannot feed 60 poor people, can he pray for forgiveness only if he doesn't want to keep the 60 fasts as part of the Kaffarah due on him?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Kaffara is obligatory when the person deliberately committed the sinful act of not fasting during the month of Ramadhan. If his health does not allow him to fast, and he has no money to feed sixty poor persons, then he should feed the number of poor persons which he can, and recite Estighfaar.

Wassalam.
In addition to praying and asking for forgiveness for my deceased parents, what other good deeds can I regularly do on their behalf to please their soul and uplift their rank?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

These are some useful acts for your deceased parents:

1. Fulfilling all their debts whether religious debts of worships which they missed (Prayers, Fast, Khums, Hajj etc) or financial or moral debts to people.

2. Paying Sadaqa or charity on their behalf. Charities with continuous benefits (Sadaqa Jaria) is much better like water will, Masjid, Husainia, orphanage, school, etc).

3. Arranging Majaalis on their behalf.

4. Reciting Quran or paying to people who can recite on their behalf.

5. Reciting Ziyarat Ashura and other Ziyarat on their behalf.

Wassalam.
If someone has slandered another person, and neither the victim of slander nor the person who heard it are contactable anymore, is there another way to be forgiven for the act? Can one pray for the person who heard the slander that he may forget it?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you can not contact the victim to apologize and seek his pardon, you should pray for him and do good deeds on his behalf so that he might feel happy when he receives your gifts and forgive you. 

Wassalam.
When I was 15, on my first Roza, I drank a tiny sip of water. I can't hold this burden on my heart and was wondering if I can be forgiven?
Abbas Di Palma

as salam alaikum

you should ask forgiveness to Allah and sincerely turn to Him: He is the All-Forgiving. The Qur'an says: "Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Surely He forgives all sins" (39:53).

If you are remorseful for your mistake and you do not intend to repeat it again, put your full trust in Him and continue to look for His mercy that embraces all things, insh'Allah you will be successful.

With prayers for your success.