Is it permissible for a traveler who stays for three days to break his fast during that time?
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The questioner : May Allah preserve you and protect you, O honorable Shaykh. If I am a traveler and I stay for three days, am I entitled to break my fast during this period?
The Shaykh : If you are a traveler, you are entitled to break your fast.
The questioner : During the journey?
The Shaykh : During the journey and in the town where you stayed, for example, if you went for 'Umrah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And you want to stay in Makkah for five or six days, you may break your fast; there is no impediment.
The questioner : During these days?
The Shaykh : During the days in Makkah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah in the eighth year of the Hijrah, on the eighteenth or twentieth day of the month of Ramadan, and he remained breaking his fast for the rest of the month, without fasting. He would shorten the prayer and eat and drink during the day.
The questioner : Even if there is no hardship?
The Shaykh : Yes, even if there is no hardship.
The Shaykh : If you are a traveler, you are entitled to break your fast.
The questioner : During the journey?
The Shaykh : During the journey and in the town where you stayed, for example, if you went for 'Umrah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And you want to stay in Makkah for five or six days, you may break your fast; there is no impediment.
The questioner : During these days?
The Shaykh : During the days in Makkah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah in the eighth year of the Hijrah, on the eighteenth or twentieth day of the month of Ramadan, and he remained breaking his fast for the rest of the month, without fasting. He would shorten the prayer and eat and drink during the day.
The questioner : Even if there is no hardship?
The Shaykh : Yes, even if there is no hardship.