The ruling on one who breaks his fast on the first day of Ramadan out of ignorance of its entry
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Question:
This is a question sent by the listener Ahmad Ramadan Uthman, from al-Kharj. He says: I inform you that I and a number of workers who work in my farm, on the night of observing the sighting of the crescent—the crescent of Ramadan—sat waiting for the news until a late hour of the night, but we did not hear anything about it. After that, we all slept before we heard the confirmation of the sighting. In the morning of the next day, we all broke our fast, then we went to work. In the forenoon of that day, we were surprised by the radio announcement that it was the first day of Ramadan. What is the ruling in Islam regarding this day that we broke our fast before knowing about the fast? And what do we do, since we broke our fast on the first day of Ramadan with an excuse, which was the non-confirmation of the sighting?
Answer:
The ruling in this matter is that there is no blame on you, and no sin on you; because you did not neglect your duty. You listened but did not hear the news, so there is no sin on you—if Allah wills. However, you must make up this day. You must abstain from food and drink once you learned, when you were surprised by the news in the forenoon and learned that it was from Ramadan. You must abstain, according to the majority of scholars, and indeed it is like a consensus among the scholars. Then you make up this day, along with the abstention. You make it up after the festival, because you did not complete it. You did not intend to fast, but only abstained after that. So this day is made up along with the abstention, all together. Yes.
The presenter: And there is no blame on them in that?
The Shaykh: And there is no expiation on them, nor anything else. Yes.
The presenter: And no expiation?
The Shaykh: And no sin. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This is a question sent by the listener Ahmad Ramadan Uthman, from al-Kharj. He says: I inform you that I and a number of workers who work in my farm, on the night of observing the sighting of the crescent—the crescent of Ramadan—sat waiting for the news until a late hour of the night, but we did not hear anything about it. After that, we all slept before we heard the confirmation of the sighting. In the morning of the next day, we all broke our fast, then we went to work. In the forenoon of that day, we were surprised by the radio announcement that it was the first day of Ramadan. What is the ruling in Islam regarding this day that we broke our fast before knowing about the fast? And what do we do, since we broke our fast on the first day of Ramadan with an excuse, which was the non-confirmation of the sighting?
Answer:
The ruling in this matter is that there is no blame on you, and no sin on you; because you did not neglect your duty. You listened but did not hear the news, so there is no sin on you—if Allah wills. However, you must make up this day. You must abstain from food and drink once you learned, when you were surprised by the news in the forenoon and learned that it was from Ramadan. You must abstain, according to the majority of scholars, and indeed it is like a consensus among the scholars. Then you make up this day, along with the abstention. You make it up after the festival, because you did not complete it. You did not intend to fast, but only abstained after that. So this day is made up along with the abstention, all together. Yes.
The presenter: And there is no blame on them in that?
The Shaykh: And there is no expiation on them, nor anything else. Yes.
The presenter: And no expiation?
The Shaykh: And no sin. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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