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firm intention to break the fast without eating or drinking
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Question: Is a firm intention to break the
fast without actually eating or drinking break the fast?
Response:
From that which is known, is that fasting is a combination
of both the intention and leaving all things that nullify
the fast. A person's intention when fasting, is to bring himself
closer to Allaah by leaving all things that will break his
fast.
So
if a person has made a firm decision to break his fast, then
the fast is broken. However, if this is in the month of Ramadhaan,
then it is obligatory upon him to refrain from eating until
sunset. This is because anyone who breaks the fast in Ramadhaan
without a valid reason, has to refrain from eating the rest
of that day and it is also upon him to make up for this day
(by fasting that which he has missed, once Ramadhaan
has passed).
However,
if he is not firm in his decision and hesitates, then the
scholars have differed (in opinion) in this. Amongst them
some have said that the fast is nullified because hesitation
is contradictory to a firm decision. And others have said
that the fast is still valid because the original state is
the presence of an intention to fast, until a firm decision
is made to break and cancel it.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 165, Fatwa No. 98;
Fataawa Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen - Volume 1, Pages 474-475
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