The Ruling on Reminding a Fasting Person Who Eats or Drinks

Question : If you see a fasting person eating or drinking, what is the ruling on reminding him? And how should you remind him?

Answer : It is obligatory to remind someone if you see him eating or drinking while he is fasting. Because he has fallen into negligence. He has fallen into forgetfulness, and the believer is like a building to the believer, strengthening one another. For this reason, if you see a person sleeping at the time of prayer, do you say that the pen is lifted from the sleeper so I will not wake him, or do you wake him? Of course, you wake him. The scholars said that it is obligatory to inform the sleeper of the entry of the prayer time before the prayer time exits. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The fasting person who eats while forgetting is excused, but the one who knows about it is not excused, because he knows that this person is doing something that invalidates his fast were it not for the excuse. If he knows about it, let him remind him. Yes.