He traveled to America to study for a period of three years and was combining prayers and not fasting for the entire duration. What is required of him?
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The questioner : That is, our Shaykh, 'Adil traveled to America to study.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Three years old.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : in it, because he felt that he was burdened with many sins, and then he found himself to be the only one fasting, knowing that his wife was fasting, and knowing that he did not abandon prayer except very occasionally, and he was combining prayers for the entire duration of his stay. So it weighed heavily on his heart psychologically for three years, for the period that he was traveling, and he had a dispensation for that, and he was not, meaning, changing in his worship. Yes. And more than a year has passed since his return to Bahrain.
The Shaykh : Did he fast or not?
The questioner : He is fasting now the years that.
The Shaykh : have passed.
The questioner : in Bahrain, so what is the ruling on the fasting that he missed? Does he make it up?
The Shaykh : As for what we see in this matter, travelers for the purpose of study are in the ruling of travelers until they return to their countries. However, we do not see that one should delay fasting Ramadan, because the months accumulate upon him, and it may become difficult for him, and he may be unable to do it and abandon it. But based on the current situation regarding this man, we tell him: Fast the three months that you left, and seek forgiveness from Allah.
The questioner : He does not have to feed the poor.
The Shaykh : And he does not have to pay an expiation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Three years old.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : in it, because he felt that he was burdened with many sins, and then he found himself to be the only one fasting, knowing that his wife was fasting, and knowing that he did not abandon prayer except very occasionally, and he was combining prayers for the entire duration of his stay. So it weighed heavily on his heart psychologically for three years, for the period that he was traveling, and he had a dispensation for that, and he was not, meaning, changing in his worship. Yes. And more than a year has passed since his return to Bahrain.
The Shaykh : Did he fast or not?
The questioner : He is fasting now the years that.
The Shaykh : have passed.
The questioner : in Bahrain, so what is the ruling on the fasting that he missed? Does he make it up?
The Shaykh : As for what we see in this matter, travelers for the purpose of study are in the ruling of travelers until they return to their countries. However, we do not see that one should delay fasting Ramadan, because the months accumulate upon him, and it may become difficult for him, and he may be unable to do it and abandon it. But based on the current situation regarding this man, we tell him: Fast the three months that you left, and seek forgiveness from Allah.
The questioner : He does not have to feed the poor.
The Shaykh : And he does not have to pay an expiation.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2925 - سافر إلى أمريكا للدراسة مدة ثلاث سنوات وكان يجمع الصلاة ولا يصوم كل هذه المدة فماذا عليه؟ — youtube.com
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