What is the ruling on one who intended to break the fast and abandoned the fast, but did not eat?

The questioner : He says: I read that the intention of the Ansar was from the pens originally, and I did not find evidence from the scholars for those who hold this view, and it is contradicted by the hadith of the vision he did not do it, or as it was said, peace be upon him. We say that the brother's statement that he did not find evidence.

The Shaykh : ...evidence that one who intends to break the fast has broken it. In reality, if he has researched, then his research was not complete. And if he has not researched, but it appeared to him that there is no evidence in the issue, then this expression is not appropriate. The reality is that there is evidence for it, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) . Just as the fast does not become valid except with intention, it is invalidated by the absence of this intention and by the intention to break the fast. So the hadith, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) , is clear that if a person cuts off the intention of fasting, it is invalidated, just as if he intends while in the middle of prayer to cut off the intention of prayer, the prayer is invalidated. And the evidence is what you mentioned from the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) . As for the hadith he referred to, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Allah , this refers to the whispers of the self to which a person does not find peace. But if he finds peace with it, it becomes an action and not a whisper. Have you seen, for example, if a man's self whispers to him about a forbidden matter regarding the attributes of Allah, for example, but he does not rely on this whisper that his self whispered to him, he is not held accountable for it, just as the people complained of that to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he informed them that it does not harm them. But if he relied on it and believed what his self whispers to him that is not befitting for Allah, he would be held accountable for it. So the important thing is that intention is a contract and a resolve, so it is an action, unlike the whispers of the self.