What is the ruling on the fast of a man who fell into a coma during Ramadan and was given water to drink while he was unaware?

Shuqara: Another question. A man fell into a coma during Ramadan and was given water to drink while he was unaware. Is his fast considered valid?

The Shaykh: That is to sayThe questioner : that he had the pre-dawn meal and intended to fast?
Shuqara: Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : Like this.
Shuqara: Yes.

The Shaykh: No, his fast is valid as long as he regained consciousness during the day and did not consume anything that breaks the fast, so his fast is proceeding and is valid.
Shuqara: They gave him water while he was in his coma.

The Shaykh: They gave him water against his will...
Shuqara: And he was in his coma, unaware.

The Shaykh: Unaware, so the answer is the same.
Shuqara: The same, yes.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: He does not break his fast... there is no negligence in sleep.

Another questioner: There is no negligence in sleep.

The Shaykh: Yes, and by the way, the man who divorces his wife against his will, she is not divorced because it is not from his own volition.

The questioner: The divorce of a coerced person.

The Shaykh: So he is coerced. This is the stronger opinion among the scholars, even though there is a school of thought that says the divorce of the coerced is effective, but that is for the sake of the general evidence, and there is no specific evidence that excludes this particular case from that general rule. Yes.