I took a plane from Riyadh to Dammam and it took off before the time for the Maghrib prayer entered in Riyadh, and the plane is heading from the west to the east.
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O honorable Shaykh. I took a plane from Riyadh to Dammam and it took off before the time for the Maghrib prayer entered in Riyadh, and the plane is heading from the west to the east. When I saw that the time had entered according to Riyadh time, I waited a little, a few minutes, then I broke my fast. Before I broke my fast, the flight attendant announced that the passengers would be informed when the time for breaking the fast enters. When I saw that the time in Riyadh had entered and we were heading east, meaning the time enters before [I break my fast], and after a while the flight attendant announced that the time, the time for breaking the fast, had entered. Do I have to make up the fast, or is my fast valid?
The Shaykh : Now, the answer to this question, I want it to come from you, not from me. No one is allowed to take it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : No, you heard the question, rest.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, rest. What I understood from the question is that this man broke his fast after the flight attendant said
The student: Before
The Shaykh : Before? If it was before the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is ignorant and he owes nothing; his fast is valid. And if it was after the flight attendant said, "I will inform you," then he is not...
The student: After. The flight attendant said, "I will inform you," but he exerted his own judgment and saw [the time] and broke his fast, and then the flight attendant said.
The Shaykh : So let us take the details, my brothers. In any case, he said what he said. Now, in the answer, if this man broke his fast before the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is ignorant, ignorant of the ruling, and it is established by analogy that if a person heads east, then the night enters before it enters for the people of the west. This is correct, and it is similar to the analogy of 'Adi ibn Hatim. But if he ate or drank after the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is being negligent, and he must repent to Allah for what he did, and he must make up one day.
Yes
Then, it is permissible for us to address the issue of the plane. If the plane takes off before the sun sets on the ground, then he remains having broken his fast until the sun sets, even if the day is long, he remains fasting as long as the sun has not set, even if the time is long. For example, if he heads from Riyadh to the west, and the time for breaking the fast arrives in Riyadh, but he took off before the sun set, and the sun did not set until half an hour later, then it is not permissible for him to break his fast in this situation until the sun sets, because if he ascends, the sun will remain. So we say, if the plane takes off after the sun has set on the ground, then he has broken his fast, and it does not harm him if he sees the sun afterwards, meaning after his ascent.
And if the sun had not set, even if it was close to setting, and then he took off, then it is not permissible for him to break his fast until the sun sets. Yes.
The student: ... he is a traveler
The Shaykh : We are not saying that it is not permissible to break the fast because of travel. It is not permissible to break the fast if he wants to count this day. Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, the answer to this question, I want it to come from you, not from me. No one is allowed to take it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : No, you heard the question, rest.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, rest. What I understood from the question is that this man broke his fast after the flight attendant said
The student: Before
The Shaykh : Before? If it was before the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is ignorant and he owes nothing; his fast is valid. And if it was after the flight attendant said, "I will inform you," then he is not...
The student: After. The flight attendant said, "I will inform you," but he exerted his own judgment and saw [the time] and broke his fast, and then the flight attendant said.
The Shaykh : So let us take the details, my brothers. In any case, he said what he said. Now, in the answer, if this man broke his fast before the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is ignorant, ignorant of the ruling, and it is established by analogy that if a person heads east, then the night enters before it enters for the people of the west. This is correct, and it is similar to the analogy of 'Adi ibn Hatim. But if he ate or drank after the flight attendant said, "When the time for breaking the fast enters, I will inform you," then he is being negligent, and he must repent to Allah for what he did, and he must make up one day.
Yes
Then, it is permissible for us to address the issue of the plane. If the plane takes off before the sun sets on the ground, then he remains having broken his fast until the sun sets, even if the day is long, he remains fasting as long as the sun has not set, even if the time is long. For example, if he heads from Riyadh to the west, and the time for breaking the fast arrives in Riyadh, but he took off before the sun set, and the sun did not set until half an hour later, then it is not permissible for him to break his fast in this situation until the sun sets, because if he ascends, the sun will remain. So we say, if the plane takes off after the sun has set on the ground, then he has broken his fast, and it does not harm him if he sees the sun afterwards, meaning after his ascent.
And if the sun had not set, even if it was close to setting, and then he took off, then it is not permissible for him to break his fast until the sun sets. Yes.
The student: ... he is a traveler
The Shaykh : We are not saying that it is not permissible to break the fast because of travel. It is not permissible to break the fast if he wants to count this day. Yes.