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f:464 -    When does fast become compulsory
 Country : India,
Name : Abdullah
Question:     What are the conditions for the fast to become compulsory and when does a fast become valid?
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Answer:     The following are the conditions for fast to be compulsory:

Being a Muslim, being sane, being an adult, being healthy and being a “Muqeem” (Either being in one’s native place or being in a different place for more than 15 days.  Even if somebody has the intention of staying in a place for more than 15 days, that person is considered Muqeem)

On children, fasts are not obligatory, but to habituate them, they should be made to fast as per their strength.

The following are the conditions for the fast to be valid:

Of a woman to be free of menses and postpartum blood.  If the woman is any of these conditions, then her fast is not valid.  Intention to fast.  If someone does not eat or drink for the whole day, but there is no intention to fast, then it will not be considered a fast.

And Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) knows best.

Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri,

[Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia,
Founder-Director Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]
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