What is the ruling on one who fasted Ramadan in a country and then returned to the Kingdom?
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The questioner : The questioner says: A man encountered the month of Ramadan outside this country, and he fasted on Thursday, that is, after the Kingdom. He has now returned to the Kingdom, so what should he do if the month is twenty-nine days for him?
The Shaykh : If he was in a country that fasted after the Kingdom, and he says, "We fasted on Thursday," this means the difference between his location and the Kingdom is two days, because we fasted on Tuesday. If he arrives in the Kingdom, it is obligatory for him to break his fast with the people. He should not say, "I have only fasted twenty-eight days, or twenty-seven days." We say: It is obligatory for you to break your fast with the people. Then, if the days you fasted are less than twenty-nine days, how many days are left of the twenty-nine? Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The month is like this, and like this, and like this." Sometimes he mentioned all the fingers like this, and like this, and like this; how many is that? And sometimes he said, "Like this, and like this, and like this," which is twenty-nine. So the month is either thirty or twenty-nine, and it does not go less than twenty-nine. Based on this, we say to the one who fasted on Thursday: If it turns out that Ramadan here is twenty-nine days, how many days has he fasted? Is there a difference of opinion here, brothers? If we were to differ on whether this is a lightbulb, we would differ on this. If he fasted on Thursday, two days after us, and we broke our fast, and Ramadan for us was twenty-nine days, how many days has he fasted? Twenty-seven days. And what about you? Twenty-seven days. How many days are left for him to complete? Two days are left for him. And if the month for us is thirty days, one day is left for him. Yes.
The Shaykh : If he was in a country that fasted after the Kingdom, and he says, "We fasted on Thursday," this means the difference between his location and the Kingdom is two days, because we fasted on Tuesday. If he arrives in the Kingdom, it is obligatory for him to break his fast with the people. He should not say, "I have only fasted twenty-eight days, or twenty-seven days." We say: It is obligatory for you to break your fast with the people. Then, if the days you fasted are less than twenty-nine days, how many days are left of the twenty-nine? Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The month is like this, and like this, and like this." Sometimes he mentioned all the fingers like this, and like this, and like this; how many is that? And sometimes he said, "Like this, and like this, and like this," which is twenty-nine. So the month is either thirty or twenty-nine, and it does not go less than twenty-nine. Based on this, we say to the one who fasted on Thursday: If it turns out that Ramadan here is twenty-nine days, how many days has he fasted? Is there a difference of opinion here, brothers? If we were to differ on whether this is a lightbulb, we would differ on this. If he fasted on Thursday, two days after us, and we broke our fast, and Ramadan for us was twenty-nine days, how many days has he fasted? Twenty-seven days. And what about you? Twenty-seven days. How many days are left for him to complete? Two days are left for him. And if the month for us is thirty days, one day is left for him. Yes.
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دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1418هـ - 14 — binothaimeen.net (1:27:41)
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