The ruling on a traveler who breaks his fast during the day in Ramadan
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The listener, Malik Musa Ahmad al-Suwayrid al-Salahi, a student at the Teacher Training Institute in al-Layth, sent a message containing a collection of questions:
Among them is a question that says: I traveled one day in Ramadan to an area three hundred and eighty kilometers from the area where I live. I was fasting, and I traveled in the morning. When I arrived in Jeddah at twelve noon, I was unable to complete the day, so I was forced to break my fast. Is there any sin on me, and what do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: For the traveler, the sunnah is to break his fast, and breaking his fast is better for him. So if you travel, breaking your fast is better for you, even if nothing becomes difficult for you; breaking your fast is better even if you are comfortable. If Jeddah is on the travel route and is not your intended destination, then you break your fast there, even if there is no hardship for you in doing so. As for when there is hardship, breaking the fast becomes more confirmed, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 1946, and because when his companions were staying in some of his journeys, and among them were those who were fasting and those who were not, the fasting ones collapsed due to the intensity of thirst, and the non-fasting ones stood up, set up tents, and watered the camels. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1119a.
However, if Jeddah is your intended destination and you are traveling to it, then if you intend to stay there for more than four days, you complete the fast; because you are currently in the state of fasting, you are commanded to fast and not to break it. But if it is on the way, or if you do not intend to stay there for less than four days, then you may break your fast even if the matter does not become difficult for you. This is the sunnah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Among them is a question that says: I traveled one day in Ramadan to an area three hundred and eighty kilometers from the area where I live. I was fasting, and I traveled in the morning. When I arrived in Jeddah at twelve noon, I was unable to complete the day, so I was forced to break my fast. Is there any sin on me, and what do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: For the traveler, the sunnah is to break his fast, and breaking his fast is better for him. So if you travel, breaking your fast is better for you, even if nothing becomes difficult for you; breaking your fast is better even if you are comfortable. If Jeddah is on the travel route and is not your intended destination, then you break your fast there, even if there is no hardship for you in doing so. As for when there is hardship, breaking the fast becomes more confirmed, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey.
ليس من البر الصوم في السفرThe breakers of the fast have taken away the reward today.
ذهب المفطرون اليوم بالأجرHowever, if Jeddah is your intended destination and you are traveling to it, then if you intend to stay there for more than four days, you complete the fast; because you are currently in the state of fasting, you are commanded to fast and not to break it. But if it is on the way, or if you do not intend to stay there for less than four days, then you may break your fast even if the matter does not become difficult for you. This is the sunnah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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