What is the evidence for the permissibility of breaking the fast while traveling, even if the travel is not difficult, such as traveling by airplane or air-conditioned car?
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The questioner : The questioner says, honorableThe Shaykh : You mentioned at the beginning of your speech that breaking the fast is permissible for one who travels, even if he is on an airplane or in an air-conditioned car. So if someone asks, "What is the evidence for this, considering that these things did not exist in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" What is the basis for analogical reasoning (qiyas) in such matters?
The Shaykh : Here, there is no analogical reasoning (qiyas), because those who travel by car or by plane are travelers who have left their lands, and this is a description. As for the car and the plane, Allah mentioned them in the Qur'an, so He the Exalted said:[Az-Zukhruf 43:12] And since in the time of revelation only the domain of water was known, after the time of revelation the domain of land and the domain of the air became known. And in His saying , whether referring to the general category or to the universal, and He the Exalted said: [An-Nahl 16:8], so the car, the plane, the ship, the camel, and the donkey are all means of travel, and the consideration is for the objective, which is travel. There is no analogical reasoning in this issue, because it falls within the explicit text without the need for analogy.
The Shaykh : Here, there is no analogical reasoning (qiyas), because those who travel by car or by plane are travelers who have left their lands, and this is a description. As for the car and the plane, Allah mentioned them in the Qur'an, so He the Exalted said:
