I used to work as a driver, but I broke my fast for some days in the month of Ramadan due to my hard work and the intense heat, as I would travel on some days.
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The questioner : He says that he used to work as a driver and says: "But I broke my fast for some days in the month of Ramadan due to my hard work and the intense heat, as I would travel by car for about three hundred kilometers on some days. Is it permissible for me to make up these days? And if so, what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding this job of mine?"
The Shaykh : What I see in this matter is that breaking your fast for the sake of work is forbidden and not permissible. If you cannot combine work and fasting, take a leave in the month of Ramadan so that you are able to fast the month of Ramadan, because fasting the month of Ramadan is a pillar of Islam that must not be neglected. However, since you have broken your fast believing that it is permissible for you in this situation, you must now make up these days, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] And you must not return to such work. I ask Allah the Exalted to guide us all to sincere repentance, and to grant us insight in His religion so that we worship Him with insight and call to Him with insight.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : What I see in this matter is that breaking your fast for the sake of work is forbidden and not permissible. If you cannot combine work and fasting, take a leave in the month of Ramadan so that you are able to fast the month of Ramadan, because fasting the month of Ramadan is a pillar of Islam that must not be neglected. However, since you have broken your fast believing that it is permissible for you in this situation, you must now make up these days, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
ومن كان مريضاً أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخرThe questioner : O Allah, amen.