The Effect of Viewing Forbidden Things on the Fasting of the Fasting Person
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Question:
Now, this person asks, saying: May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Does watching forbidden things after fasting affect the fasting of the fasting person?
Answer:
Yes, fasting has an effect. It is not limited to abstaining from food and drink; rather, it is abstaining from everything Allah has forbidden. Abstaining from what Allah has forbidden is a constant requirement throughout one’s life. As for abstaining from food and drink, that is specific to the prescribed fasting in Ramadan or voluntary fasting. The Muslim must avoid forbidden things, and if he does not avoid them, this affects his fast.
There is no fast for the one who, but he must not abandon the forbidden, nor look at the forbidden, nor do other such things. This affects his fast. All right. Yes.
Now, this person asks, saying: May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Does watching forbidden things after fasting affect the fasting of the fasting person?
Answer:
Yes, fasting has an effect. It is not limited to abstaining from food and drink; rather, it is abstaining from everything Allah has forbidden. Abstaining from what Allah has forbidden is a constant requirement throughout one’s life. As for abstaining from food and drink, that is specific to the prescribed fasting in Ramadan or voluntary fasting. The Muslim must avoid forbidden things, and if he does not avoid them, this affects his fast.
There is no fast for the one who
He did not leave false speech and acting upon it. Allah has no need for a person to leave his food and drink.
لم يدع قول الزور والعمل به. ليس لله حاجة في أن يدع الإنسان طعامه وشرابه
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (099) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-08-09] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (20:14)
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