What is better for a traveler on an airplane: fasting or breaking the fast?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. If a traveler is on an airplane and the distance is short and the journey is comfortable, is it better to break the fast or to fast?
Answer:
The better option is the one that is easier for him. If fasting is easier for him, he fasts; if breaking the fast is easier for him, he breaks it. The traveler is required to do what he fears [will be difficult for him], even if he is on an airplane, whether he is landing, waiting, or doing anything else, especially if it is during the days of Hajj. In that case, they are like those who are settled. The traveler, even if he is on an airplane, is considered a traveler.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. If a traveler is on an airplane and the distance is short and the journey is comfortable, is it better to break the fast or to fast?
Answer:
The better option is the one that is easier for him. If fasting is easier for him, he fasts; if breaking the fast is easier for him, he breaks it. The traveler is required to do what he fears [will be difficult for him], even if he is on an airplane, whether he is landing, waiting, or doing anything else, especially if it is during the days of Hajj. In that case, they are like those who are settled. The traveler, even if he is on an airplane, is considered a traveler.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [33] — alfawzan.live (24:15)
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