WHO ARE PERMITTED TO BREAK THEIR FAST IN RAMADAN AND ARE OBLIGED TO MAKE QADAA ONLY. A) SICK PERSON : The sick person whose health is likely to improve and his sickness is curable such as, fever, cold, or other short term sickness. There are three cases of fasting in a state of sickness : a) If it is not difficult for him to fast and it does not harm him (i.e., does not postpone his recovery) then he must observe fasting. b) If it is difficult for him to fast, but it does not harm him then it is disliked for him to fast, because he preferred fasting, which he finds difficult and hard, to accepting Allahs permission given to him to break his fast. c) If fasting harms him and postpones his recovery, then it is forbidden for him to fast. Allah the Exalted says in Surat An-Nisa (4:29): And do not kill yourselves. One may know to what extent fasting may harm him either by noticing the effect on himself/herself or asking a trustworthy doctor. In general whenever a sick person breaks his fast in Ramadan the same number of days which he did not fast must be made up later after Ramadan. And if he/she dies before he/she recovers, then the compensation is dropped for him/her. B) TRAVELER : Whoever travels intending deceit (i.e., just to get excuse not to observe fasting), is not permitted to break his fast in Ramadan, but other than those, there are four cases: a) In case someone feels exhausted out of exertion during a travel and finds fasting difficult, then it is forbidden for him to fast. Because the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) once departed to Mekkah in the month of Ramadan, the year of the conquest, and he and the people were fasting. He was then told that the people were finding fasting difficult and were waiting for what he would do. He then called for a cup of water when it was after the Asr prayer and drank and the people were looking at him. He was told afterwards that some of the people had continued to fast, and he(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, Those are the disobedient ones. Sunan an-Nasai 2263. b) In case someone finds fasting hard and difficult but not as much as in the previously mentioned case, then it is disliked for him to fast in this case due to the rejection of the permission that Allah the Exalted has given to him. c) In case someone finds no difficulty in observing the fast, he may choose the most easy case for him (i.e., choose fasting if it is easier or breaking the fast) according to the verse in Surah Ai-Baqarah (2:185): and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Saum (fasts) must be made up] from other days. Allah intends for you EASE, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), d) And if they (i.e., fasting and breaking the fast) were the same for him, it is better then to choose fasting according to the following tradition- Reported Muslim, that Abi Ad-Dardaa (Radhi Allahu anhu) said, We sent out with Allahs Messenger(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) on one of his journeys, on a very hot day, and it was so hot that one had to put his hand over his head because of the severity of the heat. None of us was observing the fast except the Prophet and Ibn Rawaha. Sahih al-Bukhari 1945. The man is considered to be on a journey from the moment he comes out from his country till he returns back to it. He who is permitted to break his fast while on a journey, can compensate (qadaa) for it by fasting later on.
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