The traveler’s statement: “If my companions break their fast, I will break mine, and if they fast, I will fast.” Is such hesitation in intention permissible?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: If a traveler in Ramadan says, “If my companions break their fast, I will break mine, and if they fast, I will fast,” is this hesitation in intention? If he says this at night and says, “If they fast, I will fast, or if they break their fast, I will break mine,”
Answer:
this is making the intention conditional, and making the intention conditional is not permissible. It is like what they said: if a person says, “If tomorrow is from Ramadan, it is obligatory for me,” and says, “I will fast, but if tomorrow is from Ramadan, it is from Ramadan, otherwise it is voluntary,” and then it turns out that it is from Ramadan, this is not valid; because the intention is hesitant.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: If a traveler in Ramadan says, “If my companions break their fast, I will break mine, and if they fast, I will fast,” is this hesitation in intention? If he says this at night and says, “If they fast, I will fast, or if they break their fast, I will break mine,”
Answer:
this is making the intention conditional, and making the intention conditional is not permissible. It is like what they said: if a person says, “If tomorrow is from Ramadan, it is obligatory for me,” and says, “I will fast, but if tomorrow is from Ramadan, it is from Ramadan, otherwise it is voluntary,” and then it turns out that it is from Ramadan, this is not valid; because the intention is hesitant.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [777 -2802] قول المسافر: إن أفطرت رفقتي أفطرت وإن صاموا صُمت، هل يجوز مثل هذا التردد في النية؟ — youtube.com
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