Fasting and Breaking the Fast for the Traveler, and When the Dispensations of Travel Begin
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. A brother asks and says: Shaykh Salih, which is better, fasting or breaking the fast, if I am traveling within my own country?
The Shaykh:
Within his own country, it is not permissible for him to break his fast if he has reached his country, or if he intends it when he begins the journey. The beginning of the journey?
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As long as he is in the town and has not left the built-up area of the town, he does not break his fast and does not shorten the prayer, because the journey has not begun. The journey begins when he leaves the built-up area of the town. Here the journey begins and the dispensations of travel begin. Yes.
The presenter:
And if he wants to perform 'Umrah, O Shaykh? He says: If he wants to perform 'Umrah, does he break his fast or does he fast?
The Shaykh:
Whether one wants to perform 'Umrah or Hajj, or wants to travel for some other purpose, he does not begin with the legal dispensations until he travels from the buildings and leaves the buildings and the limits of the town's built-up area. Yes.
The presenter:
Shaykh Salih, meaning the means of communication and travel are now available. Honorable Shaykh, what is better for this person who wants to perform 'Umrah, does he break his fast or does he fast?
The Shaykh:
During the journey, he has the choice between breaking the fast and fasting. If he fasts, his fast is valid. If he breaks his fast, he has a dispensation in that, and praise be to Allah. Breaking the fast is better for the traveler, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, loves that His dispensations be taken, just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed. Yes.
May Allah reward you. A brother asks and says: Shaykh Salih, which is better, fasting or breaking the fast, if I am traveling within my own country?
The Shaykh:
Within his own country, it is not permissible for him to break his fast if he has reached his country, or if he intends it when he begins the journey. The beginning of the journey?
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As long as he is in the town and has not left the built-up area of the town, he does not break his fast and does not shorten the prayer, because the journey has not begun. The journey begins when he leaves the built-up area of the town. Here the journey begins and the dispensations of travel begin. Yes.
The presenter:
And if he wants to perform 'Umrah, O Shaykh? He says: If he wants to perform 'Umrah, does he break his fast or does he fast?
The Shaykh:
Whether one wants to perform 'Umrah or Hajj, or wants to travel for some other purpose, he does not begin with the legal dispensations until he travels from the buildings and leaves the buildings and the limits of the town's built-up area. Yes.
The presenter:
Shaykh Salih, meaning the means of communication and travel are now available. Honorable Shaykh, what is better for this person who wants to perform 'Umrah, does he break his fast or does he fast?
The Shaykh:
During the journey, he has the choice between breaking the fast and fasting. If he fasts, his fast is valid. If he breaks his fast, he has a dispensation in that, and praise be to Allah. Breaking the fast is better for the traveler, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, loves that His dispensations be taken, just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (22:32)
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