Traveling for hunting in Ramadan and breaking the fast during it
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The questioner:
The questioner says: A group of people traveled in the first days of the past month of Ramadan a distance of eight hundred kilometers.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
A group of people traveled in the first days of the past month of Ramadan a distance of eight hundred kilometers solely for the purpose of hunting, and they broke their fast for twelve days in Ramadan. What is required of them other than making up the fasts?
The Shaykh:
They owe nothing other than making up the fasts, because they are travelers, and it is permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer if his travel is permissible. Traveling for hunting is permissible, so that is allowed for them. However, the best course for a Muslim is not to travel in Ramadan except for a pressing need, a pressing need. As for hunting, he should postpone it until after Ramadan, so that he has the opportunity for fasting, reciting the Qur'an, i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque), and the remembrance of Allah. Then, if Ramadan comes around again, he should seize the opportunity. If he needs to travel, he travels. But if he has no need, he should not go out to amuse himself or go hunting. This wastes a great deal of good, even if his travel is permissible and his breaking the fast is permissible. But he has wasted a great deal of good. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And if his intention in traveling is to escape from fasting, that is forbidden for him. If his intention in traveling is to escape from fasting, to travel so that he can break his fast, that is forbidden for him. This is a stratagem against the prohibitions of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: A group of people traveled in the first days of the past month of Ramadan a distance of eight hundred kilometers.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
A group of people traveled in the first days of the past month of Ramadan a distance of eight hundred kilometers solely for the purpose of hunting, and they broke their fast for twelve days in Ramadan. What is required of them other than making up the fasts?
The Shaykh:
They owe nothing other than making up the fasts, because they are travelers, and it is permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer if his travel is permissible. Traveling for hunting is permissible, so that is allowed for them. However, the best course for a Muslim is not to travel in Ramadan except for a pressing need, a pressing need. As for hunting, he should postpone it until after Ramadan, so that he has the opportunity for fasting, reciting the Qur'an, i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque), and the remembrance of Allah. Then, if Ramadan comes around again, he should seize the opportunity. If he needs to travel, he travels. But if he has no need, he should not go out to amuse himself or go hunting. This wastes a great deal of good, even if his travel is permissible and his breaking the fast is permissible. But he has wasted a great deal of good. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And if his intention in traveling is to escape from fasting, that is forbidden for him. If his intention in traveling is to escape from fasting, to travel so that he can break his fast, that is forbidden for him. This is a stratagem against the prohibitions of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 28 من 64\شرح عمدة الأحكام (شرح كامل مع أسئلة)\الزكاة\إنكم تظلمون خالداً\صالح الفوزان\الفقه — youtube.com (56:33)
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