The ruling on compelling elementary school students to fast
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The questioner:
The fear between sin and wealth.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are elementary school students compelled by the school administration to fast, and is any student who breaks his fast punished by the administration?
The Shaykh:
Their families compel them; their families compel them. As for fasting at school, they do not provide them with a cafeteria or refrigerators; they prevent this in Ramadan, closing it and not providing them with anything in Ramadan. This is what is required of the school. As for ordering them to fast, that is the responsibility of their guardians. Yes.
The fear between sin and wealth.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are elementary school students compelled by the school administration to fast, and is any student who breaks his fast punished by the administration?
The Shaykh:
Their families compel them; their families compel them. As for fasting at school, they do not provide them with a cafeteria or refrigerators; they prevent this in Ramadan, closing it and not providing them with anything in Ramadan. This is what is required of the school. As for ordering them to fast, that is the responsibility of their guardians. Yes.
Source
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