The ruling on fasting for one who travels from Egypt to Japan
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I traveled from Egypt to Japan, and I was fasting during the day. I remained fasting for a day and a half because the night did not come upon me. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
In this case, from Egypt to Japan. Yes, meaning from the west to the east.
The questioner:
Yes. He said he was fasting during the day, and remained fasting for a day and a half because the night did not come upon him. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
The ruling is that as long as he sees the daylight, he does not break his fast, even if the time becomes long until he sees the sun set. He does not break his fast until the sun sets, even if the day becomes long for him due to the difference in regions or the difference in time zones, because he went from the west to the east. The daylight in the east precedes the daylight in the west. It is possible that the beginning of the daylight in the east has passed him, because he did not catch up with it, and the night of the east has come, meaning the night of the east has passed him, and the daylight of the east has come upon him. So he goes from daylight to daylight, from the daylight of the west from which he flew to the daylight of the east to which he flew. If he continues through the daylight, he remains fasting until the sun sets, even if the time becomes long for him. If he wants to break his fast, he is considered a traveler, so there is no harm. If he breaks his fast because of the travel, he has the right to break his fast. Yes, so he is between two things: either he breaks his fast because he is a traveler, which is a valid legal dispensation, or he continues in his fasting until the sun sets. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I traveled from Egypt to Japan, and I was fasting during the day. I remained fasting for a day and a half because the night did not come upon me. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
In this case, from Egypt to Japan. Yes, meaning from the west to the east.
The questioner:
Yes. He said he was fasting during the day, and remained fasting for a day and a half because the night did not come upon him. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
The ruling is that as long as he sees the daylight, he does not break his fast, even if the time becomes long until he sees the sun set. He does not break his fast until the sun sets, even if the day becomes long for him due to the difference in regions or the difference in time zones, because he went from the west to the east. The daylight in the east precedes the daylight in the west. It is possible that the beginning of the daylight in the east has passed him, because he did not catch up with it, and the night of the east has come, meaning the night of the east has passed him, and the daylight of the east has come upon him. So he goes from daylight to daylight, from the daylight of the west from which he flew to the daylight of the east to which he flew. If he continues through the daylight, he remains fasting until the sun sets, even if the time becomes long for him. If he wants to break his fast, he is considered a traveler, so there is no harm. If he breaks his fast because of the travel, he has the right to break his fast. Yes, so he is between two things: either he breaks his fast because he is a traveler, which is a valid legal dispensation, or he continues in his fasting until the sun sets. Yes.
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