Intention in the Fasting of Ramadan
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Fasting and Traveling from One Country to Another
Question: If a person travels to study abroad, and as is known, the time differs from the time in his home country, for example, if the hours of fasting increase or decrease due to the time difference, does that affect the person's fasting or not? Please inform us, may Allah reward you?
Answer: If a person travels to a country other than his own, and there is a time difference between it and his home country, then his ruling is the ruling of the country he traveled to. He fasts and breaks his fast according to that country. He fasts when the dawn breaks in that country, and he breaks his fast when the sun sets in that country. He does not look at the time in his home country, because he traveled from it and left it. Every place has its own ruling. So if a person is in a country, his ruling is the ruling of that country, and it is not the ruling of the country he came from.
[Intention in the Fasting of Ramadan]
Question: I sometimes fast without forming the intention at the start of the fast. Is the intention a condition for fasting every day, or is it sufficient at the beginning of the month?
Answer: Fasting and other acts of worship must be done with an intention.The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1 ،And in a narration: , so for the fasting of Ramadan, the intention is obligatory from the night, by intending to fast that day before the dawn breaks.And the questioner says: She says that the dawn broke upon her and she did not intend to fast until after the dawn had broken. What is the ruling on her fasting that day?
Answer: It is obligatory for her to make up that day, a part of which passed without an intention. The intention in Ramadan is for each day individually, because each day is an independent act of worship that requires an intention. So one intends to fast for each day from the night. If the dawn breaks upon him and he has not intended, as in the case of the questioner, and he intends afterwards, then his fast does not count for the obligation of Ramadan. Rather, he must make up that day, whether he left it intentionally or by forgetfulness. But if he had intended from the night, but something happened to him, such as forgetfulness or some distractions, and the intention slipped from his mind, but he had intended, or the intention preceded, then this incidental matter does not affect it, as long as he has not deviated from his original intention. The incidental
simple matter does not affect the intention, so his fast is valid, except if he intends another intention, which is deviating from fasting that day, then he must renew the intention from the night.
Question: If a person travels to study abroad, and as is known, the time differs from the time in his home country, for example, if the hours of fasting increase or decrease due to the time difference, does that affect the person's fasting or not? Please inform us, may Allah reward you?
Answer: If a person travels to a country other than his own, and there is a time difference between it and his home country, then his ruling is the ruling of the country he traveled to. He fasts and breaks his fast according to that country. He fasts when the dawn breaks in that country, and he breaks his fast when the sun sets in that country. He does not look at the time in his home country, because he traveled from it and left it. Every place has its own ruling. So if a person is in a country, his ruling is the ruling of that country, and it is not the ruling of the country he came from.
[Intention in the Fasting of Ramadan]
Question: I sometimes fast without forming the intention at the start of the fast. Is the intention a condition for fasting every day, or is it sufficient at the beginning of the month?
Answer: Fasting and other acts of worship must be done with an intention.The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىNo deed is valid without an intention
لا عمل إلا بنيةAnswer: It is obligatory for her to make up that day, a part of which passed without an intention. The intention in Ramadan is for each day individually, because each day is an independent act of worship that requires an intention. So one intends to fast for each day from the night. If the dawn breaks upon him and he has not intended, as in the case of the questioner, and he intends afterwards, then his fast does not count for the obligation of Ramadan. Rather, he must make up that day, whether he left it intentionally or by forgetfulness. But if he had intended from the night, but something happened to him, such as forgetfulness or some distractions, and the intention slipped from his mind, but he had intended, or the intention preceded, then this incidental matter does not affect it, as long as he has not deviated from his original intention. The incidental
simple matter does not affect the intention, so his fast is valid, except if he intends another intention, which is deviating from fasting that day, then he must renew the intention from the night.