I do hard work and I broke my fast once during the day in Ramadan due to extreme thirst. What is the ruling on what I did?
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The questioner:
He says: I do hard work, and I broke my fast once during the day in Ramadan due to extreme thirst. What is the ruling on what I did?
The Shaykh:
If you broke your fast during the day in Ramadan because you feared for your life, such that you suffered severe thirst and feared for your life, then there is no harm in drinking what preserves your life, and then you abstain for the rest of the day. However, if you drank water for the sake of the work, and no danger befell you in that, then this is a great error.
The questioner:
May Allah help you.
The Shaykh:
A person does not break his fast for the sake of work; rather, he fasts. But if he is overcome by fear of destruction because he suffered severe thirst, then there is no harm in taking what preserves his life, and he abstains from that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
The Shaykh:
And he makes up this day. I would like him to make up this day.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you. In any case, what was the work? May Allah reward you with good.
He says: I do hard work, and I broke my fast once during the day in Ramadan due to extreme thirst. What is the ruling on what I did?
The Shaykh:
If you broke your fast during the day in Ramadan because you feared for your life, such that you suffered severe thirst and feared for your life, then there is no harm in drinking what preserves your life, and then you abstain for the rest of the day. However, if you drank water for the sake of the work, and no danger befell you in that, then this is a great error.
The questioner:
May Allah help you.
The Shaykh:
A person does not break his fast for the sake of work; rather, he fasts. But if he is overcome by fear of destruction because he suffered severe thirst, then there is no harm in taking what preserves his life, and he abstains from that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
The Shaykh:
And he makes up this day. I would like him to make up this day.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you. In any case, what was the work? May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أقوم بعمل شاق وأفطرت مرة في نهار رمضان من شدة العطش ما حكم ما قمت به؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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