Breaking the Consecutiveness of a Vowed Fast Due to an Excuse
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, what is the ruling on one who breaks the consecutiveness of a vowed fast due to an excuse such as illness, and then completes it after the excuse is removed? Why does he have to pay the expiation for an oath, as al-Shafi'i stated?
Answer:
Regarding the delay in breaking the consecutiveness, the expiation for breaking the consecutiveness is obligatory on him. Yes. Because it follows the course of an oath. He vowed to fast ten consecutive days, then he was afflicted with an illness during that time and was unable to fast. We say: if he is able, he continues the fast and builds upon what he has already done, completing the ten days. He has to pay the expiation for an oath because he broke his fast during that period. This follows the course of an oath. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, what is the ruling on one who breaks the consecutiveness of a vowed fast due to an excuse such as illness, and then completes it after the excuse is removed? Why does he have to pay the expiation for an oath, as al-Shafi'i stated?
Answer:
Regarding the delay in breaking the consecutiveness, the expiation for breaking the consecutiveness is obligatory on him. Yes. Because it follows the course of an oath. He vowed to fast ten consecutive days, then he was afflicted with an illness during that time and was unable to fast. We say: if he is able, he continues the fast and builds upon what he has already done, completing the ten days. He has to pay the expiation for an oath because he broke his fast during that period. This follows the course of an oath. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 67 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الأيمان|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:20:09)
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