The ruling on one who has intercourse with his wife while traveling and fasting
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The questioner : The questioner says: I am saying that I came to Makkah from Abha. I came from Abha to Makkah on Tuesday last and arrived at exactly twelve o'clock at night. In the prayer of the day of al-Rada', I intended to fast, and my wife did the same. In the morning, the devil came to me, so I had intercourse with my wife, and with that.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, shall we repeat the question? Fine. This is a man who came with his wife to Makkah for 'Umrah, and they performed 'Umrah at night, and they became fasting in the morning. On that day when they were fasting, he had intercourse with her. What is upon him? We say: He owes nothing except making up that day only. He has no sin upon him and no expiation, but he must make up that day only, because it is permissible for the traveler to break his fast. Whether he breaks it by eating, drinking, or intercourse, because the fast of the traveler is not obligatory upon him, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] For this reason, I would like the brothers who seek fatwas in Makkah, for example, to ask the questioner, meaning if someone comes to ask in Makkah and says that he had intercourse with his wife while he was fasting
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, shall we repeat the question? Fine. This is a man who came with his wife to Makkah for 'Umrah, and they performed 'Umrah at night, and they became fasting in the morning. On that day when they were fasting, he had intercourse with her. What is upon him? We say: He owes nothing except making up that day only. He has no sin upon him and no expiation, but he must make up that day only, because it is permissible for the traveler to break his fast. Whether he breaks it by eating, drinking, or intercourse, because the fast of the traveler is not obligatory upon him, as Allah the Exalted said:
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up].
فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 19 - 22 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1408 هـ - الدرس التاسع عشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (1:32:04)
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