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If one is required to fast two consecutive months, and he travels, is it permissible for him to break his fast?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to break the consecutiveness of the two-month fast by traveling? For example, after every ten days he travels and breaks his fast, and when he returns, he continues his fast?

Answer:
The consecutiveness is not broken. Neither an obligatory fast nor a recommended fast breaks it. Rather, he fasts the obligatory fast, and when he is done, he continues the fast and builds upon what has passed. For example, if he started fasting two consecutive months and Ramadan came upon him, he fasts Ramadan. When Ramadan ends, he completes what is due to him of the expiation and builds upon what has passed. There is no obligatory breaking of the fast, such as the days of the festival. This is what breaks the consecutiveness. Neither an obligatory fast nor an obligatory breaking of the fast breaks it. Likewise, the dispensations in travel do not break the consecutiveness. If he travels and breaks his fast because of the travel, the consecutiveness is not broken. When the travel ends, he continues and builds upon what has passed, because Allah granted him a dispensation to break the fast. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2733 -3022] من كان عليه صيام شهرين متتابعين، فسافر، هل له أن يفطر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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