The validity of voluntary fasting for one who intended to break the fast but then returned to the intention
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man became fasting a voluntary fast, then he intended to break it, but he did not find any food, so he returned to fasting and renewed his intention. Is his fast valid?
Answer:
If he broke the intention, then the fast is invalid and he does not return to it. But if he did not break the intention, but rather said, "If I find food, I will break the fast," and he did not find food, then he has nothing to do; he completes his fast. Because he said, "If I find food," and he did not find food, he remains in his fast. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man became fasting a voluntary fast, then he intended to break it, but he did not find any food, so he returned to fasting and renewed his intention. Is his fast valid?
Answer:
If he broke the intention, then the fast is invalid and he does not return to it. But if he did not break the intention, but rather said, "If I find food, I will break the fast," and he did not find food, then he has nothing to do; he completes his fast. Because he said, "If I find food," and he did not find food, he remains in his fast. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صوت المعازف/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:29)
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