Continuation of the things that invalidate fasting.

The Shaykh : We believe that we are in the night, and Allah has permitted us to continue until it becomes clear to us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The dawn appears, and then the adhan is called. Therefore, it is permitted for a person who hears the adhan and has a vessel in his hand, containing milk or water, to drink until he satisfies his thirst from it. This is part of the facilitation. Now, these are three of the things that invalidate fasting: intercourse, eating, and drinking. Their evidence is The fourth is what is in the meaning of eating and drinking, which is that which serves as a substitute for eating and drinking, such as nutritional injections. Nutritional injections invalidate the fast of the fasting person. Why? Because they provide the body with what eating and drinking provide. And Allah the Exalted only prohibited eating and drinking and what is in their meaning, so they have the same ruling, because the Shari'ah does not distinguish between two identical things. Pay attention. Now, the other injections that are administered into the vein, such as sugar injections, anesthetic injections, pain-relieving injections, and the like, do they invalidate the fast? We say no, they do not invalidate the fast. If a person says that they invalidate the fast because they reach the inside of the stomach, or the inside of the body, or mix with the blood, we say: By the Sunnah, between you and me is the Book of Allah. Bring a single letter that indicates that such a thing invalidates the fast, and I will accept it with my eyes and head. But Allah says and you say that everything that reaches the blood or the body invalidates the fast. Who said this? Are you restricting for Allah's servants what Allah has made easy for them? Likewise, regarding injections that are in the meaning of eating and drinking, we say that they invalidate the fast because they serve as a substitute for eating and drinking, so they are in their meaning. And yet, my brothers, we say that they invalidate the fast because they are in the meaning of eating and drinking, and we fear Allah lest we restrict for His servants. For someone might say, "The analogy here is an analogy with a difference." The analogy is an analogy with a difference. How is it an analogy with a difference? Yes, does a person enjoy eating and drinking merely because it is nourishment, or does he enjoy it first and foremost because it is delicious food? Answer: The second. So it is possible that the cause of invalidation by eating and drinking is the pleasure derived from it; eating and drinking, and then nourishing the body with it secondly. This is possible. Is the pleasure derived from nutritional injections absent or present? It is absent. And for this reason, we find that the patient who is nourished by these injections is the most eager for eating and drinking. And when he is permitted to eat and drink, you find that he eats the entire portion because he is longing for it, longing for it, longing for it completely. If one of the people were to oppose us and say, "Your analogy is prohibited due to the appearance of a difference," I think we would stand with our hands tied, unable to refute him. For this reason, we say that nutritional injections invalidate the fast, and we are in fear and anxiety. But this view is made easy for us by the fact that the majority of people do not need nutritional injections except when they are sick, and the sick person is permitted to break his fast. So we say: Use them and break your fast, and praise be to Allah, and make up a day in its place. How many is this? Four. The fifth: the emission of semen in desire by an act of the fasting person. Pay attention! Three conditions: the emission of semen in desire, by an act of the fasting person. Does the emission of pre-seminal fluid invalidate the fast, even if it is in desire, even if it is by an act of the fasting person? Yes. If a man kisses his wife and emits pre-seminal fluid, his fast is valid. But we say: the emission of semen. Now, in desire. If it is emitted without desire, meaning sometimes a person is afflicted with a disease in his private parts and semen is emitted without desire, then it does not invalidate the fast. The third is by the act of the fasting person, such as if he touches his wife by embracing, or inserts between the thighs, for example, or the like, and this is emitted by his act. Or if he masturbates, and masturbation is forbidden in fasting and not fasting. If he emits, his fast is invalid. If it is without his act, such as if he thinks: a man thinks while fasting about intercourse, and semen is emitted from him in desire. Does his fast become invalid? No, his fast does not become invalid, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): And this man only thought to himself and did not do anything; he did not move his private part, did not embrace the ground, did not embrace anything, and did not masturbate. He only thought and emitted. We say his fast is valid. How many is this? Five. The sixth: vomiting intentionally. If a person vomits intentionally, his fast is invalid. If vomiting overcomes him, such that his stomach becomes agitated until what is in it comes out, his fast is valid. Now, where in the Qur'an is it that vomiting invalidates the fast? We say: Yes, it is in the Qur'an that vomiting invalidates the fast; it is in the Qur'an: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning it overcame him . Now, a question: if his stomach becomes agitated, is he required to hold it in or let it go? Let it go, because if he holds it in while it is agitated and ready to come out, there would be harm in that. But does he pull it up? Because some people, when their stomach becomes agitated, pull it up in order to vomit. We say no. If it becomes agitated, take a passive stance toward it: do not pull it up, do not prevent it, and it will not harm you. Six. The seventh: the exit of blood by cupping. What is cupping? It means if a person is cupped and blood comes out of him, his fast is invalid and he breaks his fast by it, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): He broke his fast. The meaning of "he broke his fast" is that his fast became invalid, and because the opposite of fasting is breaking the fast. And in the meaning of cupping are phlebotomy and incision. The difference between them is that phlebotomy is cutting the vein transversely, and incision is cutting it longitudinally. If phlebotomy or incision occurs and blood comes out as in cupping, he breaks his fast by it. And you have heard the evidence. How many is this? Seven. The eighth: the exit of menstrual blood and post-natal bleeding, and this is specific to the woman. The exit of menstrual blood and post-natal bleeding. If menstrual blood or post-natal blood comes out of a woman, even if it is a moment before sunset, her fast is invalid. If she feels it but it does not come out until after the sun has set, even if it is a moment, her fast is valid. The evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the menstruating woman: And you know that the fast of the menstruating woman is not valid by consensus. If she menstruates during the day, her fast is invalid and she must make it up. These are the things that invalidate fasting. Does looking with desire invalidate the fast? Answer with energy: It is not invalidating because it is not one of these eight. Kissing: a man kisses his wife with desire. Is it invalidating or not? It is not invalidating, and it does not break the wudu' either. It does not break the wudu' and it does not invalidate the fast. Now, these things that invalidate fasting require three conditions for them to be invalidating of the fast: knowledge, remembrance, and will and choice. How many? Three: knowledge, remembrance, and will and choice. The opposite of knowledge is ignorance, the opposite of remembrance is forgetfulness, and the opposite of choice is coercion and lack of will. If a person does one of these things that invalidate fasting while ignorant, his fast is valid. If he does one of these things that invalidate fasting while forgetting, his fast is valid. If he does one of these things that invalidate fasting without intending it, his fast is valid. What is the evidence? The evidence is His saying, the Exalted: So Allah the Exalted said: "You have done it." And His saying, the Exalted: And in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Then, error and forgetfulness have specific texts regarding them. For example, regarding error, al-Bukhari narrated in his *Sahih* from Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that she said: Was their breaking of the fast here due to ignorance or due to knowledge? It was due to ignorance. If they had known that the sun had not set, they would not have broken their fast. Were they ordered to make it up? No. If they had been obligated to make it up, they would have been ordered to do so. And if they had been ordered to do so, it would have been transmitted to us, because if it were ordered, it would be part of the religion, and the religion must be transmitted to the community, especially in these major matters. Now, forgetfulness: in the *Sahih*, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is a text. Now, the third condition: choice and will. What is the evidence that this is necessary? The evidence is His saying, the Exalted: So if disbelief is among the greatest of sins, and the ruling of coercion is lifted, then what is less than it is all the more so. If a person were to disbelieve while coerced, he would not exit Islam and there would be no sin upon him, so if he eats or drinks while coerced, he does not exit fasting and there is no sin upon him.