The ruling on forgetting the intention to fast a day of Ramadan?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You are mistaken, my man.
The questioner : A questioner says: I forgot the intention at night.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I forgot the intention at home.
The Shaykh : You broke the dam, my man. Yes.
The questioner : For fasting.
The Shaykh : I.
The questioner : I forgot the intention at night for fasting, because I told my family to wake me up for the pre-dawn meal, but they did not wake me up. So I got up after the Fajr adhan and intended to fast after the adhan. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Okay, listen, my brother. The stronger position is that fasting Ramadan is one month, and each day of it is a part of the month with respect to the other days. So the intention at the beginning is sufficient for all the days. Every Muslim, when the month of Ramadan appears, intends in his heart that he will fast the first day, the first day of the whole month, the whole month. So the intention at the beginning of Ramadan is sufficient for the intention for all of Ramadan, except if the fast is interrupted during the month; then when he resumes it, he must renew the intention. An example of this is a person who entered the month of Ramadan in his country and started fasting. On the tenth day, he traveled to Makkah to perform 'Umrah and broke his fast for five days, then returned to his country. Here, he must renew the intention because he interrupted it. Another person entered the month and fasted five days, then he was afflicted with an illness that permits him to break the fast, so he broke his fast and remained for five days not fasting because of the illness. Then Allah healed him and he resumed. Here, he must renew the intention. But if nothing happens that permits breaking the fast, the intention on the first day is sufficient. Based on this rule, can we know the answer to this question? Answer, people, what do we say?
His fast is valid. We tell the brother: your fast is valid, because you were sleeping and you were intending, intending to fast. Even if we assume he slept and did not intend to fast, meaning he was negligent about the intention that night, and as is the custom, his family wakes him up for the pre-dawn meal, but they did not wake him up that night, and he woke up after the dawn appeared, then we say: what? Your fast is valid based on this position that we held to be stronger, and we said that the month of Ramadan is what? One month with parts, and not every day is independent of the other.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : You are mistaken, my man.
The questioner : A questioner says: I forgot the intention at night.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I forgot the intention at home.
The Shaykh : You broke the dam, my man. Yes.
The questioner : For fasting.
The Shaykh : I.
The questioner : I forgot the intention at night for fasting, because I told my family to wake me up for the pre-dawn meal, but they did not wake me up. So I got up after the Fajr adhan and intended to fast after the adhan. Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Okay, listen, my brother. The stronger position is that fasting Ramadan is one month, and each day of it is a part of the month with respect to the other days. So the intention at the beginning is sufficient for all the days. Every Muslim, when the month of Ramadan appears, intends in his heart that he will fast the first day, the first day of the whole month, the whole month. So the intention at the beginning of Ramadan is sufficient for the intention for all of Ramadan, except if the fast is interrupted during the month; then when he resumes it, he must renew the intention. An example of this is a person who entered the month of Ramadan in his country and started fasting. On the tenth day, he traveled to Makkah to perform 'Umrah and broke his fast for five days, then returned to his country. Here, he must renew the intention because he interrupted it. Another person entered the month and fasted five days, then he was afflicted with an illness that permits him to break the fast, so he broke his fast and remained for five days not fasting because of the illness. Then Allah healed him and he resumed. Here, he must renew the intention. But if nothing happens that permits breaking the fast, the intention on the first day is sufficient. Based on this rule, can we know the answer to this question? Answer, people, what do we say?
His fast is valid. We tell the brother: your fast is valid, because you were sleeping and you were intending, intending to fast. Even if we assume he slept and did not intend to fast, meaning he was negligent about the intention that night, and as is the custom, his family wakes him up for the pre-dawn meal, but they did not wake him up that night, and he woke up after the dawn appeared, then we say: what? Your fast is valid based on this position that we held to be stronger, and we said that the month of Ramadan is what? One month with parts, and not every day is independent of the other.
The presenter : Yes.
Source
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