Is it obligatory to remind a fasting person if he eats or drinks while forgetting?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person sees another person eating and drinking during the day in Ramadan while forgetting, is it obligatory for the one who sees him to remind him, or not?
Answer:
He is required to remind him. If he sees a person eating or drinking in Ramadan, he should remind him, because this is an apparent evil, an apparent evil, and he should be reminded of it. However, the one who is forgetting is excused, and his fast is valid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 5:20 So if he does not stop him, and by Allah, he is young, but if you see him eating or drinking, tell him, "O so-and-so, you are fasting." Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person sees another person eating and drinking during the day in Ramadan while forgetting, is it obligatory for the one who sees him to remind him, or not?
Answer:
He is required to remind him. If he sees a person eating or drinking in Ramadan, he should remind him, because this is an apparent evil, an apparent evil, and he should be reminded of it. However, the one who is forgetting is excused, and his fast is valid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever forgets that he is fasting, and eats or drinks is to complete his fast,
صلى الله عليه وسلم من نسى وصائم فأكل أو شرب فليتم صومه،
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 093 هل يجب تنبيه الصائم إذا أكل أو شرب ناسيًا؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com (0:27)
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