A person who was ill in the hospital during the days of Ramadan and had eaten the pre-dawn meal in order to fast
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The questioner : A person was ill in the hospital during the days of Ramadan and had eaten the pre-dawn meal in order to fast. But after eating the pre-dawn meal, vomiting came upon him and he vomited, so he became confused about whether to fast or not. He wavered in his intention to fast, and then he fasted. What is the ruling on the fasting of this day of his, given that he wavered in his intention at the beginning of the day? Does he fast or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, as long as this person intended to fast but hesitated about whether this vomiting invalidates the fast or not, and then he continued with his resolve to fast, his fast is valid, because this was hesitation about whether what happened is an invalidator or not. He did not hesitate in the intention itself. Rather, he doubted whether his fasting is invalidated by this vomiting or not. So we say his fasting is valid and he owes no make-up fast. But let him know that vomiting does not invalidate the fast unless a person does it intentionally. If he did not do it intentionally, it does not invalidate the fast. Even if it is assumed that he did not try to calm it down, but left it, neither bringing it up nor calming it, and it came out, then his fast is valid. And based on this, we say to the brotherThe questioner : that your fast is valid and you owe no make-up fast. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, as long as this person intended to fast but hesitated about whether this vomiting invalidates the fast or not, and then he continued with his resolve to fast, his fast is valid, because this was hesitation about whether what happened is an invalidator or not. He did not hesitate in the intention itself. Rather, he doubted whether his fasting is invalidated by this vomiting or not. So we say his fasting is valid and he owes no make-up fast. But let him know that vomiting does not invalidate the fast unless a person does it intentionally. If he did not do it intentionally, it does not invalidate the fast. Even if it is assumed that he did not try to calm it down, but left it, neither bringing it up nor calming it, and it came out, then his fast is valid. And based on this, we say to the brotherThe questioner : that your fast is valid and you owe no make-up fast. Yes.