In last Ramadan, I was overcome with thirst to the point of near death, so I drank a little water. Is it obligatory for me to make up the fast only, or do I owe an expiation?
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The questioner : We conclude this week’s session with a letter received from listener A.A.F. from 'Afiyah, in which he says: In last Ramadan, I was overcome with thirst to the point of near death, so I drank a little water. Is it obligatory for me to make up the fast only, or do I owe an expiation? If I do owe an expiation, I ask you to clarify it, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh : Yes. You do not owe an expiation in this case, but the whole matter lies in the permissibility of breaking the fast. However, the questioner says that he feared death.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : If he feared death, then it is permissible for him to break his fast, and he has committed no sin, and he does not owe an expiation; he only has to make up the fast. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge.
Our noble brothers, he has answered.
The Shaykh : Yes. You do not owe an expiation in this case, but the whole matter lies in the permissibility of breaking the fast. However, the questioner says that he feared death.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : If he feared death, then it is permissible for him to break his fast, and he has committed no sin, and he does not owe an expiation; he only has to make up the fast. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge.
Our noble brothers, he has answered.