Is it true that fasting is suspended between the sky and the earth until the zakah is paid?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, in your opinion, what is the validity of this phrase: "The fasting of Ramadan is suspended between the sky and the earth and is not accepted except with zakat al-fitr"?

Answer : In my opinion, this is not correct. However, there is no doubt that zakat al-fitr has an effect on the fast, based on the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), who said: . It patches the defects in the fast and purifies the fasting person from what mars his fast. But as for the claim that the fast is suspended and is not lifted except by it, I do not know of any basis for that. Yes.