The Ruling on Making Up Missed Fasts While Traveling and Intercourse in Ramadan
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The questioner:
Regarding cars and airplanes, may Allah protect you, the ruling is general: a car, or an airplane, or a ship, or a vessel, or… Ships existed in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but cars did not, yes. And as for the one for whom making up the fasts is difficult, is it better for him to fast while traveling?
The Shaykh:
He was commanded to ask, if he wills he fasts and if he wills he breaks the fast, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted while traveling and broke his fast while traveling, he knows his own condition best, but this should not be difficult for him, yes.
The questioner:
There is no hardship in traveling. There is no blame on him.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame if it is not difficult for him, and if making up the fasts is difficult for him, he fasts while
Regarding cars and airplanes, may Allah protect you, the ruling is general: a car, or an airplane, or a ship, or a vessel, or… Ships existed in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but cars did not, yes. And as for the one for whom making up the fasts is difficult, is it better for him to fast while traveling?
The Shaykh:
He was commanded to ask, if he wills he fasts and if he wills he breaks the fast, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The servant Hamzah, if you wish, fast, and if you wish, break the fast,
العبد حمزة إن شئت فاصم وإن شئت فافطر،The questioner:
There is no hardship in traveling. There is no blame on him.
The Shaykh:
There is no blame if it is not difficult for him, and if making up the fasts is difficult for him, he fasts while
Source
شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، من الحديث الثالث عشر، إلى الحديث الثاني والعشرين — islamhouse.com (27:24)
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