The ruling on making up the fast of Ramadan for the traveler
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Question:
He says: Shaykh, this questioner traveled abroad to study and stayed for three years, and he did not fast the month of Ramadan during those three years. Now he has three months of fasting owed to him from the past years. He has completed his studies and returned, and he read that the traveler does not have to fast because he has a dispensation to break the fast.
Answer:
He does not have to fast while traveling, during the journey. As for making up what he did not fast, he is obligated to do so. This is a pillar of Islam; fasting Ramadan is a pillar of Islam. He fasts it in its proper time if it is feasible. That is, if it is not feasible to fast it in its proper time, he must fast it as a make-up, and there is no alternative. So you must fast the Ramadan months that you did not fast. Yes.
He says: Shaykh, this questioner traveled abroad to study and stayed for three years, and he did not fast the month of Ramadan during those three years. Now he has three months of fasting owed to him from the past years. He has completed his studies and returned, and he read that the traveler does not have to fast because he has a dispensation to break the fast.
Answer:
He does not have to fast while traveling, during the journey. As for making up what he did not fast, he is obligated to do so. This is a pillar of Islam; fasting Ramadan is a pillar of Islam. He fasts it in its proper time if it is feasible. That is, if it is not feasible to fast it in its proper time, he must fast it as a make-up, and there is no alternative. So you must fast the Ramadan months that you did not fast. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7478 — youtube.com (8:33)
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