The ruling on a traveler breaking his fast in an airplane
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, if a person wants to travel from the Kingdom to abroad to return to his country, and after leaving Riyadh, a few minutes before breaking the fast, and while the plane is flying, the sun continues for a long time, is he allowed to break his fast based on Riyadh, or must he continue fasting?
Answer:
If the sun has set for him before the plane takes off, he breaks his fast at the airport, because his ruling is the ruling of the people of the country. But if the plane takes off before the sun sets, he does not break his fast until the sun sets, because he sees the sun. As long as he sees it, he does not break his fast until it sets. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:187] The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 1954 So if he is in the plane and sees the sun, he does not break his fast until it sets, and he sees that the night has come from the east and that the day has receded from the west. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, if a person wants to travel from the Kingdom to abroad to return to his country, and after leaving Riyadh, a few minutes before breaking the fast, and while the plane is flying, the sun continues for a long time, is he allowed to break his fast based on Riyadh, or must he continue fasting?
Answer:
If the sun has set for him before the plane takes off, he breaks his fast at the airport, because his ruling is the ruling of the people of the country. But if the plane takes off before the sun sets, he does not break his fast until the sun sets, because he sees the sun. As long as he sees it, he does not break his fast until it sets. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Then complete the fast until the sunset
ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِWhen night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.
إذا أقبل الليل من هاهنا وأدبر النهار من هاهنا وغربت الشمس قد أفطر الصائم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 28|من أحكام الصيام|أسئلة عامة عن الصيام وأثر السفر والمرض فيه|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (6:25)
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