The ruse of traveling in Ramadan for the sake of breaking the fast
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Question : Now, if a person travels in Ramadan, is it permissible for him to break his fast or not?
Answer : It must be invalidated, very much so. If a group of Companions had bathed, may Allah have mercy on them. Did they not enter the Qur'an? What did Allah say?[Al-Baqarah 2:185] They did not spend, so be ashamed. This is what came in the Qur'an.
But if a person among the people travels for the sake of breaking his fast, not traveling for the purpose of travel, not traveling for 'Umrah, not to visit a relative, not to visit a sick person, and not for trade, but travels just to break his fast, what do you say about this travel?
This is a ruse, but it is a ruse to drop an obligation, and a ruse to drop an obligation is forbidden and not permissible. Therefore, the scholars said that if a man travels in Ramadan for the sake of breaking his fast, travel is forbidden for him and breaking the fast is forbidden for him, and he does not get the dispensation. Why? Because it is a ruse for what? For dropping an obligation, and ruses to the causes of obligations are not permissible. Now.
Answer : It must be invalidated, very much so. If a group of Companions had bathed, may Allah have mercy on them. Did they not enter the Qur'an? What did Allah say?
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number
وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌBut if a person among the people travels for the sake of breaking his fast, not traveling for the purpose of travel, not traveling for 'Umrah, not to visit a relative, not to visit a sick person, and not for trade, but travels just to break his fast, what do you say about this travel?
This is a ruse, but it is a ruse to drop an obligation, and a ruse to drop an obligation is forbidden and not permissible. Therefore, the scholars said that if a man travels in Ramadan for the sake of breaking his fast, travel is forbidden for him and breaking the fast is forbidden for him, and he does not get the dispensation. Why? Because it is a ruse for what? For dropping an obligation, and ruses to the causes of obligations are not permissible. Now.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [199] الحيلة في السفر في رمضان لأجل الفطر - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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