Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri
Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center
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f:463 - Reasons for breaking the fast
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Question: What are the reasons in which one might break a fast?
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Answer:
If the fasting person suddenly falls, for e.g. has a sudden fever or headache, stomachache or a snake/scorpion bites that person or a pregnant lady faces something, which makes it risky for her or her child or if the fasting person faces such hunger or thirst that there is danger of death or if someone forces the fasting person to break a fast, provided there is a real danger of death or extreme loss. In all these cases, breaking the fast is allowed.
In all the above cases, Qaza of the fasts is Wajib, excepting for old age, where for missed fasts 1 Sadqa Fitr for each fast has to be given or a needy person can be fed twice a day.
And Allah knows best.
Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri
[Associate Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia,
Founder/Director, Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]
