I do heavy work in the month of Ramadan, and I am unable to fast. Is it permissible for me to break my fast and make up the fasts at another time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. He says: If I do hard work in the month of Ramadan, and I have no other job, and I am unable to fast, is it permissible for me to break my fast and make up the fasts when I find another time? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to break the fast for the sake of heavy work, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and…
The excuses mentioned for which a fasting person may break his fast are illness and travel, as well as menstruation and post-natal bleeding, and also the very old person who is unable to fast, or the person with a chronic illness. These are the summary of the legal excuses for which it is permissible to break the fast during the day of Ramadan and make it up on other days. As for heavy work, it is not an excuse, and you must fast. If you are on the verge of death and you fear dying during the day, then you take what removes the danger from you, and you abstain for the rest of the day, and you make it up on another day. If you are unable to complete the fast until night because you fear death, the outcome is that you must fast, because you are present and not a traveler, and because you are healthy and not sick. So you fast. But if something happens to you that makes you fear death, then you may break your fast and take what preserves your life, then you abstain for the rest of the day and make up another day in its place. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. He says: If I do hard work in the month of Ramadan, and I have no other job, and I am unable to fast, is it permissible for me to break my fast and make up the fasts when I find another time? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to break the fast for the sake of heavy work, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and…
The excuses mentioned for which a fasting person may break his fast are illness and travel, as well as menstruation and post-natal bleeding, and also the very old person who is unable to fast, or the person with a chronic illness. These are the summary of the legal excuses for which it is permissible to break the fast during the day of Ramadan and make it up on other days. As for heavy work, it is not an excuse, and you must fast. If you are on the verge of death and you fear dying during the day, then you take what removes the danger from you, and you abstain for the rest of the day, and you make it up on another day. If you are unable to complete the fast until night because you fear death, the outcome is that you must fast, because you are present and not a traveler, and because you are healthy and not sick. So you fast. But if something happens to you that makes you fear death, then you may break your fast and take what preserves your life, then you abstain for the rest of the day and make up another day in its place. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أعمل عملا شاقاً في شهر رمضان، ولا أستطيع الصيام، فهل يجوز لي الفطر، وأقضي الصيام في وقت آخر؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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