[Abu Anas Sidheeque M. A. Veliankode] • THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR TRAVELLING ARE EXEMPT FROM FASTING UNTIL THEY RECOVER OR RETURN HOME • then the sick and traveler shall fast instead an equal number of days later on Allah, the Exalted, says in the Qur’an: فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ So whoever among you is ill, or on a journey, then shall fast instead an equal number of days later on. (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:184) Illness or travel would exempt one from fasting, provided one makes up for it at some other time, after one has recovered or returned home. This is truly reflecting the overriding Islamic objective of mitigating hardship and relieving discomfort. The concession is not conditional on either the severity of the illness or on how arduous the journey is, because in all cases people should not have to undergo any undue strain or hardship or adverse effects that human beings cannot foresee or predict as a result of fasting. Exemption from Fasting when Travelling A number of reported incidents illustrate the Prophet’s (swalla-Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) attitude towards the exemption from fasting in Ramadan while travelling. 1. Hadith reported by Jābir [Related by Muslim and al-Tirmidhī] 2. Hadith reported by Anas [Related by al-Bukhārī, Muslim and al-Nasā’ī] 3. Hadith reported by Jābir [Related by Mālik, al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd and al-Nasā’ī] 4. Hadith reported by `Amr ibn Umayyah al-Đamarī [Related by al-Nasā’ī] 5. Hadith reported by Anas ibn Mālik [Related by Abū Dāwūd, al- Tirmidhī, al-Nasā’ī and Ibn Mājah] 6. Hadith reported by `Ā’ishah [Related by Mālik, al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī] 7. Hadith reported by Anas [Related by Mālik, al-Bukhārī, Muslim and Abū Dāwūd] 8. Hadith reported by Abū al-Dardā’ [Related by al-Bukhārī, Muslim and Abū Dāwūd] 9. Hadith reported by Muĥammad ibn Ka`b [Related by al-Tirmidhī] 10. Hadith reported by ‘Ubayd ibn Jubayr [Related by Abū Dāwūd] 11. Hadith reported by Manşūr al-Kalbī [Related by Abū Dāwūd] [By: Abu Anas Sidheeque M. A. Veliankode (Riyadh, K.S.A)]
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:51:44 +0000
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