The Ruling on Making Up Fasting in Ramadan While Traveling
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Shaykh, I was traveling for studies, and the hours in that country were very long, close to twenty-two hours. Ramadan came, and I was unable to fast. I returned to my country, and I have not fasted during the three years. Do I count, Shaykh, as one of those for whom it is permissible to break the fast while traveling?
The Shaykh:
You were wrong in this. It was obligatory for you to fast Ramadan in any place, unless you were unable to fast. In that case, you break the fast due to the excuse and make it up. It is obligatory for you to make up the days you broke, so they are a debt in your liability. Yes.
The questioner:
Okay, Shaykh, now that it has been three years, does he fast these months consecutively or separately when he returns?
The Shaykh:
He fasts them according to his ability, consecutively or separately. The important thing is that he fasts them and that nothing remains of them in his liability. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, I was traveling for studies, and the hours in that country were very long, close to twenty-two hours. Ramadan came, and I was unable to fast. I returned to my country, and I have not fasted during the three years. Do I count, Shaykh, as one of those for whom it is permissible to break the fast while traveling?
The Shaykh:
You were wrong in this. It was obligatory for you to fast Ramadan in any place, unless you were unable to fast. In that case, you break the fast due to the excuse and make it up. It is obligatory for you to make up the days you broke, so they are a debt in your liability. Yes.
The questioner:
Okay, Shaykh, now that it has been three years, does he fast these months consecutively or separately when he returns?
The Shaykh:
He fasts them according to his ability, consecutively or separately. The important thing is that he fasts them and that nothing remains of them in his liability. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7476 — youtube.com (7:56)
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