What is it that one fasts from? (The things that break the fast, which are three: eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse).

The Shaykh : What is it that one fasts from? The things one fasts from are the things that break the fast, from the rising of the dawn until the setting of the sun, meaning from the time the dawn becomes clear to you until the sun sets. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): So in this verse and these two hadiths, the time for fasting is defined as being from the rising of the dawn to the setting of the sun. But what is it that one fasts from? I said that they are the things that break the fast. Let us now list all the things that break the fast: eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse. The evidence for these three is in the saying of Allah the Exalted: This is the evidence that these three break the fast: eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse. As for eating and drinking, there is no difference between the food being beneficial or not, or lawful or forbidden. Accordingly, if a man were to swallow a bead intentionally, a bead from a prayer string, would he break his fast or not? He breaks his fast, because this is eating. If someone were to smoke, would he break his fast or not? He breaks his fast, because this is drinking. There is also no difference between food or drink entering through the mouth or through the nose, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to al-Qa'ib ibn Simrah: This indicates that what enters through the nose is like what enters through the mouth. These are three things: eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse.