The ruling on one who intends to break his fast but then completes his fasting
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Question:
This questioner says: In the Ramadan that just passed, I suffered from severe thirst on one of the days. I intended to break my fast at the time of the midday prayer, but I could not find water because I was in a remote place where there was no water. I did not find water until after the afternoon prayer, so I intended to complete that day and did not break my fast because the time for sunset was near. Do I have to make up the fast because I intended to break it?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If you conditioned your intention on finding water to drink, and you did not find it, then your fast is valid. But if you said, “I will not break my fast; I am determined not to break it,” but it turned out that there was no water, then this invalidates your fast because you cut off the intention without any condition. Yes.
This questioner says: In the Ramadan that just passed, I suffered from severe thirst on one of the days. I intended to break my fast at the time of the midday prayer, but I could not find water because I was in a remote place where there was no water. I did not find water until after the afternoon prayer, so I intended to complete that day and did not break my fast because the time for sunset was near. Do I have to make up the fast because I intended to break it?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If you conditioned your intention on finding water to drink, and you did not find it, then your fast is valid. But if you said, “I will not break my fast; I am determined not to break it,” but it turned out that there was no water, then this invalidates your fast because you cut off the intention without any condition. Yes.
Source
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