Is it permissible for a fasting person in a country with long days to break his fast?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may the prayer and peace be upon
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The questioner : To proceed:
The Shaykh : Yes, move on
The questioner : A student studying in Canada.
The Shaykh : And then, what is the response to what I said?
The questioner : The Shaykh’s counterpart.
The Shaykh : Yes, he says: Honorable Shaykh. And I object to him on a grammatical point, yes. He says the correct form is "Fadilati" with a kasrah, so the thing is broken a second time. What is the correct form? With a fathah. And we accept the questioner’s statement.
The questioner : A student studying in Canada. And my work in study continues for more than twenty hours, knowing that the day in Ramadan in Canada is about nineteen hours. So, is it permissible for me to break my fast and make up that day, knowing that fasting is difficult for me?
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this issue is based on the disagreement among the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them): if a traveler intends a specific, defined stay, does his state of travel end if he stays more than four days, or more than twenty days, or more than fifteen days, or does it not end as long as he does not intend to settle? The well-known view among the people of knowledge is that if a person intends a defined stay, according to their differences in specifying the duration, his travel is legally ended, but not completely ended, because it is not valid for him to be considered a resident of the Friday prayer even if his travel has ended.
And among the scholars, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that as long as a person is staying for a purpose, and when it ends he returns to his country, he is a traveler, whether he specified the duration or not. He says that there is no evidence in the Sunnah specifying the duration after which the ruling of travel ends. So, according to the view of the majority, we say to this man: seek help from Allah, fast, and do not break your fast. And according to the view of Shaykh al-Islam, it is permissible for him to break his fast because he is a traveler in his view. But according to this opinion, it is obligatory, in my view, that he not let the second Ramadan arrive until he has performed the obligation of the previous Ramadan, because if he delays it, the months will accumulate on him, and consequently he will be unable to make them up in the future. What is it?
Yes. Mere hardship does not obligate breaking the fast. Therefore, if fasting is difficult for you in your country, it is not permissible for you to break your fast unless it is difficult for you to the extent that you fear death or harm from it. In that case, you break your fast. Yes.
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The questioner : To proceed:
The Shaykh : Yes, move on
The questioner : A student studying in Canada.
The Shaykh : And then, what is the response to what I said?
The questioner : The Shaykh’s counterpart.
The Shaykh : Yes, he says: Honorable Shaykh. And I object to him on a grammatical point, yes. He says the correct form is "Fadilati" with a kasrah, so the thing is broken a second time. What is the correct form? With a fathah. And we accept the questioner’s statement.
The questioner : A student studying in Canada. And my work in study continues for more than twenty hours, knowing that the day in Ramadan in Canada is about nineteen hours. So, is it permissible for me to break my fast and make up that day, knowing that fasting is difficult for me?
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this issue is based on the disagreement among the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them): if a traveler intends a specific, defined stay, does his state of travel end if he stays more than four days, or more than twenty days, or more than fifteen days, or does it not end as long as he does not intend to settle? The well-known view among the people of knowledge is that if a person intends a defined stay, according to their differences in specifying the duration, his travel is legally ended, but not completely ended, because it is not valid for him to be considered a resident of the Friday prayer even if his travel has ended.
And among the scholars, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that as long as a person is staying for a purpose, and when it ends he returns to his country, he is a traveler, whether he specified the duration or not. He says that there is no evidence in the Sunnah specifying the duration after which the ruling of travel ends. So, according to the view of the majority, we say to this man: seek help from Allah, fast, and do not break your fast. And according to the view of Shaykh al-Islam, it is permissible for him to break his fast because he is a traveler in his view. But according to this opinion, it is obligatory, in my view, that he not let the second Ramadan arrive until he has performed the obligation of the previous Ramadan, because if he delays it, the months will accumulate on him, and consequently he will be unable to make them up in the future. What is it?
Yes. Mere hardship does not obligate breaking the fast. Therefore, if fasting is difficult for you in your country, it is not permissible for you to break your fast unless it is difficult for you to the extent that you fear death or harm from it. In that case, you break your fast. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 13 - 16 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1411 هـ - الدرس الثالث عشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (1:00:42)
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