The ruling on a fasting person who consumes something that breaks the fast without his intention
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Question:
This questioner, O Shaykh, is from Taiz, Yemen. He asks: What are the things that invalidate fasting without the person's intention?
Answer:
If the things that break the fast occur by his choice, such as drinking, eating, having intercourse, or the like, then he has broken his fast. However, if it is without his choice, such as being forced to have water put in his mouth by force, this injustice does not break the fast. Or if he forgot, drinking while forgetting does not break the fast. But if he chooses, drinking while knowing he is fasting, he has broken his fast. Eating while knowing he is fasting intentionally, he has broken his fast. Having intercourse likewise, he has broken his fast. But if he is not... forced, Allah says: [Surah al-Nahl: 106].
If his Islam is not invalidated, if he disbelieves after faith while forced, and his heart is at peace, he does not become a disbeliever. So a fortiori, he does not break his fast. If people force a person to drink water, or pour water in his mouth, or put something in his mouth that breaks his fast by force, it does not harm him as long as he did not intend it, but they forced him to do it. He does not break his fast by it because he was forced.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This questioner, O Shaykh, is from Taiz, Yemen. He asks: What are the things that invalidate fasting without the person's intention?
Answer:
If the things that break the fast occur by his choice, such as drinking, eating, having intercourse, or the like, then he has broken his fast. However, if it is without his choice, such as being forced to have water put in his mouth by force, this injustice does not break the fast. Or if he forgot, drinking while forgetting does not break the fast. But if he chooses, drinking while knowing he is fasting, he has broken his fast. Eating while knowing he is fasting intentionally, he has broken his fast. Having intercourse likewise, he has broken his fast. But if he is not... forced, Allah says:
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith
مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالإِيمَانِIf his Islam is not invalidated, if he disbelieves after faith while forced, and his heart is at peace, he does not become a disbeliever. So a fortiori, he does not break his fast. If people force a person to drink water, or pour water in his mouth, or put something in his mouth that breaks his fast by force, it does not harm him as long as he did not intend it, but they forced him to do it. He does not break his fast by it because he was forced.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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