How to make up the fast of one who broke his fast in Ramadan due to extreme thirst
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Question:
Our brother asks and says: A teenage boy broke his fast for three days in Ramadan because he exerted himself physically to a great degree and was unable to complete his fast due to his intense desire for water. What is the solution? Does he have to fast sixty consecutive days for each day, or what does he do? Knowing that he is currently maintaining his fasts in Ramadan, as well as the fasts on Mondays and Thursdays. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If he broke his fast because he was unable to complete the fast due to extreme thirst, because of the exhaustion that overtook him, and he feared for his life or a severe illness, then he has an excuse, and he owes nothing but making up one day for each day, meaning: three days for three days, with no addition, if he broke his fast with water.
As for if he broke his fast through sexual intercourse, that is a different matter. But if he broke his fast with water, he owes only making up the day, and praise be to Allah.
As for if he was negligent and there was no dire necessity, then he must repent and make up the fast, making up only one day for each day, three for three, along with repentance to Allah. But if the situation was serious, meaning he was struck by great hardship and feared a severe illness or death, then that is an excuse. Allah says (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Al-An'am: 119]. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence, some people may break their fast for a certain reason, like the situation that befell our brother. If he breaks his fast, he does not continue fasting afterwards, but rather he continues to be in a state of not fasting, eating and drinking and considering the food permissible?
Answer : It is not permissible for him to do so. He breaks his fast to the extent of the need, he drinks, and then he abstains if it was for thirst. He eats what satisfies his hunger if the danger was from hunger, and then he abstains until the setting of the sun. He does not continue in the state of breaking the fast; rather, he ate and drank out of dire necessity, and then he continues. Likewise, if a person wanted to save a person from drowning or from an enemy, and he could not do so except by breaking his fast, he breaks his fast and saves his brother, then he abstains, abstaining until the setting of the sun, and he makes up only the day. He makes up only the day because he broke his fast out of dire necessity. Yes, because saving a Muslim is obligatory, and saving his innocent brother is obligatory. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Our brother asks and says: A teenage boy broke his fast for three days in Ramadan because he exerted himself physically to a great degree and was unable to complete his fast due to his intense desire for water. What is the solution? Does he have to fast sixty consecutive days for each day, or what does he do? Knowing that he is currently maintaining his fasts in Ramadan, as well as the fasts on Mondays and Thursdays. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If he broke his fast because he was unable to complete the fast due to extreme thirst, because of the exhaustion that overtook him, and he feared for his life or a severe illness, then he has an excuse, and he owes nothing but making up one day for each day, meaning: three days for three days, with no addition, if he broke his fast with water.
As for if he broke his fast through sexual intercourse, that is a different matter. But if he broke his fast with water, he owes only making up the day, and praise be to Allah.
As for if he was negligent and there was no dire necessity, then he must repent and make up the fast, making up only one day for each day, three for three, along with repentance to Allah. But if the situation was serious, meaning he was struck by great hardship and feared a severe illness or death, then that is an excuse. Allah says (Exalted and Majestic is He):
while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence, some people may break their fast for a certain reason, like the situation that befell our brother. If he breaks his fast, he does not continue fasting afterwards, but rather he continues to be in a state of not fasting, eating and drinking and considering the food permissible?
Answer : It is not permissible for him to do so. He breaks his fast to the extent of the need, he drinks, and then he abstains if it was for thirst. He eats what satisfies his hunger if the danger was from hunger, and then he abstains until the setting of the sun. He does not continue in the state of breaking the fast; rather, he ate and drank out of dire necessity, and then he continues. Likewise, if a person wanted to save a person from drowning or from an enemy, and he could not do so except by breaking his fast, he breaks his fast and saves his brother, then he abstains, abstaining until the setting of the sun, and he makes up only the day. He makes up only the day because he broke his fast out of dire necessity. Yes, because saving a Muslim is obligatory, and saving his innocent brother is obligatory. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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