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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Fasting of one who travels to his home country and the month is one day longer

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Question:
He says: I work in the Kingdom and I fast in the month of Ramadan. When I traveled to my home country, the fasting was one day longer; the fasting became thirty-one days. Do I fast, or do I break my fast on the day in my home country? I am with them and I break my fast with them.

Answer:
You fast, and you are fasting. When you come to your country, you fast with them for the remainder of the month, even if it is one day longer. If it is shorter, it must be affected; the month does not decrease to less than twenty-nine days. If your people are the ones you came to, and you fasted in a country before coming to them, then you must fast the thirty days, because the month does not decrease to less than twenty-nine days. But if you came to them and they are fasting an extra day because they were delayed compared to the people of the country where you were, then be with them, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Fast when you see the new moon, and break your fast when you see the new moon, and if it is obscured for you, then complete the count of thirty."
Source فتاوى رمضانية — islamhouse.com (44:12)

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