Discussion on the things that break the fast.

The Shaykh : The discussion concerns the things that break the fast, and among the most important things we should know regarding the issue of those things is that they do not invalidate the fast except with three conditions. Yes, very good. The conditions are that the person must be aware, remembering, and intending. So if a person consumes something that breaks the fast while unaware, his fast is valid. However, it is obligatory for him to abstain once he becomes aware. For example, if someone gets up at night, looks at the clock, and finds that there is, say, half an hour left until Fajr, and he eats and drinks, but when he goes out he finds that the people have already finished the prayer, we tell him that his fast is valid because he was unaware when he was eating. Or if the sky was cloudy and someone looked at the clock and saw that the time for the adhan had arrived, so he ate and drank, and then the sun rose, what do we tell him? We tell him that his fast is valid because he was unaware, but it is obligatory for him to abstain from the moment he learns that the sun has not set.