Intentional vomiting.
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The Shaykh : The fifth is intentional vomiting. Intentional vomiting is well known, so we need to clarify for you: vomiting is the expulsion of food from the stomach. If a person intentionally induces vomiting and vomits, his fast is invalid, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1676Da’if (Darussalam) Good. This shows us, and shows you, the wisdom of Allah in His Shari'ah and the mercy of Allah toward His servants: that intentional vomiting invalidates the fast. So is it mercy or punishment? Cowards, cowards, here: is it mercy or punishment?
The student: Mercy.
The Shaykh : Mercy. Good. And that is because if a fasting person needs to vomit—and sometimes a person does need to vomit, and perhaps if he does not vomit it might harm him—if he needs to vomit, we tell him to vomit. And when the stomach is empty, he needs to eat and drink. So he vomits, eats, and drinks, even if it is Ramadan. So it is mercy. Good. And if there is no need, it is forbidden for you to vomit as long as fasting is obligatory, and the evidence is as you heard.
Whoever unintentionally vomits, he does not have to make up for the fast, but whoever makes himself vomit, has to make up for the fast.
من ذرعه القيء فلا قضاء عليه ومن استقاء عمدا فليقضThe student: Mercy.
The Shaykh : Mercy. Good. And that is because if a fasting person needs to vomit—and sometimes a person does need to vomit, and perhaps if he does not vomit it might harm him—if he needs to vomit, we tell him to vomit. And when the stomach is empty, he needs to eat and drink. So he vomits, eats, and drinks, even if it is Ramadan. So it is mercy. Good. And if there is no need, it is forbidden for you to vomit as long as fasting is obligatory, and the evidence is as you heard.