What should people do who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Jordan, where it was the festival in Saudi Arabia but fasting in Jordan, and they broke their fast? And what are the details of this?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, those who left Saudi Arabia yesterday.
The Shaykh : Did they fast or did they break their fast?
The questioner : They broke their fast, meaning they did not fast, my Shaykh. There is a precision regarding the timing. They had prepared themselves knowing that it was the festival in Saudi Arabia. When Saudi Arabia announced it was the festival, the excuse came to them, meaning it was the festival in Saudi Arabia. So they came to Jordan in the morning.
The Shaykh : When?
The questioner : This morning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So when they arrived at these places and they had eaten with the intention of Saudi Arabia, and Jordan is in the same situation, these are two scenarios: one is that they arrived before dawn, and they learned from the people of the mosques, "No, by Allah, we are fasting here." So in the first scenario, what do they do? And in the second scenario, what do they do?
The Shaykh : In the first scenario, they remain on their breaking of the fast, but they abstain from eating and drinking to avoid fitnah (trial/discord).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the second scenario, they fast with the people of the country, because if they fast, they will not have added to their fasting.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It will be that they completed the month of thirty days.
The questioner : They completed the month of thirty days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, my Shaykh. What about the north and the south... in the Irbid and Aqaba areas, they are breaking their fast, meaning what does that imply...?
The Shaykh : The north means Syria.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the south, Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Ah, I thought the north was also breaking their fast, and Syria was also breaking their fast, and perhaps Egypt is breaking their fast.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I do not have the news.
The student : Iraq.
The questioner : Iraq is breaking their fast.
The student : That is, along with Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Strange.
The Shaykh : Did they fast or did they break their fast?
The questioner : They broke their fast, meaning they did not fast, my Shaykh. There is a precision regarding the timing. They had prepared themselves knowing that it was the festival in Saudi Arabia. When Saudi Arabia announced it was the festival, the excuse came to them, meaning it was the festival in Saudi Arabia. So they came to Jordan in the morning.
The Shaykh : When?
The questioner : This morning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So when they arrived at these places and they had eaten with the intention of Saudi Arabia, and Jordan is in the same situation, these are two scenarios: one is that they arrived before dawn, and they learned from the people of the mosques, "No, by Allah, we are fasting here." So in the first scenario, what do they do? And in the second scenario, what do they do?
The Shaykh : In the first scenario, they remain on their breaking of the fast, but they abstain from eating and drinking to avoid fitnah (trial/discord).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In the second scenario, they fast with the people of the country, because if they fast, they will not have added to their fasting.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It will be that they completed the month of thirty days.
The questioner : They completed the month of thirty days.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, my Shaykh. What about the north and the south... in the Irbid and Aqaba areas, they are breaking their fast, meaning what does that imply...?
The Shaykh : The north means Syria.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the south, Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Ah, I thought the north was also breaking their fast, and Syria was also breaking their fast, and perhaps Egypt is breaking their fast.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I do not have the news.
The student : Iraq.
The questioner : Iraq is breaking their fast.
The student : That is, along with Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Strange.
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