The ruling on a traveler breaking his fast before leaving his town
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner asks about a man who intended to travel, so he broke his fast in his home out of ignorance, and then he set out. Does he owe an expiation by analogy to intercourse in the state of ihram?
Answer:
If it was merely eating and drinking, that he ate and drank at the beginning of the journey, then he owes no expiation. However, it is not permissible for him to break his fast unless he has passed the built-up area of the town, passed the buildings. Then it is permissible for him to break his fast and to shorten the prayer. As long as he is in the town, he does not shorten the prayer and he does not break his fast in Ramadan. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner asks about a man who intended to travel, so he broke his fast in his home out of ignorance, and then he set out. Does he owe an expiation by analogy to intercourse in the state of ihram?
Answer:
If it was merely eating and drinking, that he ate and drank at the beginning of the journey, then he owes no expiation. However, it is not permissible for him to break his fast unless he has passed the built-up area of the town, passed the buildings. Then it is permissible for him to break his fast and to shorten the prayer. As long as he is in the town, he does not shorten the prayer and he does not break his fast in Ramadan. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4308] حكم فطر المسافر قبل مغادرة بلده - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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