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Those
who are seen not to be fasting during Ramadhaan
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Question:
What is the ruling regarding someone who was seen not to be
fasting in Makkah
during Ramadhaan?
Response:
The presence of a person not fasting in Makkah
during these days is not something odd, because in Makkah
there are those who are travellers and there are those who
are local natives from the people of Makkah.
As
for the travellers, then it is permissible for them not to
fast if they came to perform the 'Umrah
and then plan to return to their homeland. So we have (the
example of) the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) who was the most knowledgeable person
regarding Allaah and was the most fearful of Him, when he
conquered Makkah
in the 8th year of the Hijrah
on the 20th day of Ramadhaan, it came to pass that he remained
in Makkah
for the last ten (days and nights) of Ramadhaan and he did
not fast (those ten days).
This
is confirmed of him in Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree from the narration of Ibn 'Abbaas (radhi-yallaahu
'anhumaa). (Eventually) he (the Prophet) remained in Makkah
for 19 days (and nights) whereby he shortened his (obligatory
daily) prayers, for (the last) ten days of Ramadhaan and (the
first) nine days of Shawwaal.
So
(the fact that) this man is not fasting is not odd. And this
issue is an issue which (many) people are ignorant about.
They assume that whoever arrives in Makkah
is required to fast, and that it is not permissible not to
fast. And this assumption is incorrect, rather, the traveller
may choose not to fast until he returns to his homeland (and
this is permissible for him to do so).
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 376, Fatwa No.335
Fataawa Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen - Volume 1, Pages 491-492
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