If a fasting person travels during the day, he is allowed to break his fast

If I intended to fast from the night before, and I started fasting in the morning, then I decided to travel during the day, isit permissible for me to break my fast or do I haveto complete it?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Yes, it is permissible for a fasting person to break his fast if he travels during the day. This is the view of Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him).
See al-Mughni, 4/345.
This is indicated by the Qur’aan and Sunnah.
Allaah says (interpretationof the meaning):
“and whoever is ill or on ajourney, the same number[of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up] from other days”
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
Whoever sets out during the day is “on a journey” so he may break his fast and avail himself of the concession granted to travelers.
With regard to the Sunnah: Ahmad (26690) and Abu Dawood (2412) narrated that ‘Ubayd ibn Jabr said: I traveled with Abu Basrah al-Ghifaari, thecompanion of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), in a ship from al-Fustaat in Ramadaan. He set off thenlunch was brought (according to a report narrated by Ahmad: whenwe sent off from Marsana he ordered that his food be brought). Then he said:‘Come and eat.’ I said, ‘Can’t we still see the houses?’ Abu Basrah said: ‘Don’t you want to follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?!’
Ibn al-Qayyim said in Tahdheeb al-Sunan:
This is evidence for those who say that it is permissible for the traveler to break his fast on the day on which he travels during the day. This is one of the two reports narrated from Imam Ahmad, and the view of ‘Amr ibn Shurahbeel, al-Shu’bi and Ishaaq. It was also narrated from Anas and it is the view of Dawood and Ibn al-Mundhir.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said in Majmoo’al-Fataawa, 25/212.
If a traveler sets out during the day, is it permissible for him to break his fast? There are two well-known scholarlyviews, both of which werenarrated from Ahmad. Themore likely to be correct says that that is permissible, as it is provenin al-Sunan that some of the Sahaabah used to break the fast if they set out during the day, and they said that this was the Sunnah of the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). And it is proven in al-Saheeh that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) intended to fast on a journey then he called for water and brokehis fast while the people were looking on.
See al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 6/217.
But he should not do that until he has started his journey and left his city. Itis not permissible for him to break his fast while he is still in his city.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in al-Sharh al-Mumti’ (6/218):
If he sets out during the day, he is allowed to break his fast, but is that subject to the condition that he leaves his village first, or if he has decided to travel can he break his fast (before departure)?
The answer is that two views have been narratedfrom the salaf. The correctview is that he should notbreak his fast until he has left his city or village, because he is not yet traveling, rather he has the intention of traveling. Hence it is not permissiblefor him to shorten his prayers until he has left his town, so by the same token it is not permissiblefor him to break his fast until he has left his town./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

Ruling on eye drops for one who is fasting

If the bitter taste of eye drops enters the throat, does it break the fast? If you put the eye drops in during the day and then go to sleep, and do not know whether you swallowed it, what is the ruling?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The scholars differed concerning eye drops and whether or not they break the fast.
The view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah and by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, is that they do not break the fast.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah was of the viewthat kohl does not break the fast, not even if the taste of the kohl reaches the throat. He said, this is not called food or drink, and it is not like food or drink, and it does not have the same effect as food or drink. There is no saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which expressly indicates that kohl breaks the fast, and the basic principle is that it does not break the fast. An act of worship remainsvalid unless it is proven that it is invalidated. What he said is correct, even if a person can taste it in his throat. Based on the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam, if a person puts drops in his eyes whilst fasting and tastes it in his throat, that does not break his fast.
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He tasted the food and swallowed it by mistake

My wife asked me to help her make iftaar, and whilst I was helping her I checked the food for salt, forgetting that I was fasting. Did I break my fast by doing that? Because I was doing something that was not obligatory upon me according to sharee’ah or according to custom?
Praise be to Allaah.
Praise be to Allaah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with a fasting person tasting the food if he needs to, if he does that by testing it with the tip of his tongue, then he spits it out without swallowing anything, whether the one who is fasting is a man or a woman.
But if the fasting person forgets and swallows it bymistake, there is no sin onhim, and he should complete his fast. This is because of the general meaning of the evidence which indicates that according to sharee’ah, the person who forgets is excused. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever forgets that he is fasting and eats or drinks something, let him complete his fast, for it is Allaah Who has fed him and given him to drink.” (Agreed upon. Al-Bukhaari, 1399; Muslim1155).
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He was told that havingan injection breaks the fast so he broke his fast and made it up later on. What should he do?

Fate dictated that I shouldget pulmonary tuberculosis, and the treatment involved having a needle very day for a year, as well as othermedications three times each day. The treatment coincided with the beginning of Ramadaan, but despite that I began to fast the holy month. After 15 days of fasting, I went to take the injectionas usual at the health centre, and there the nurse asked me if I was fasting, and I said yes. His response what that I should stop fasting from that day onwards, so following his instructions I stopped fasting for the rest of Ramadan, and after that I made up the days that I did not fast. After I found out that injections do not invalidate the fast, I regretted it and felt that I had committed a great sin, even though my intention was clearly to fast the whole month despite my sickness. I blame that nurse who told me not to fast for therest of the month. I hope that you can advise me about the Islamic ruling concerning this.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Injections that are given to sick people are of two types:
1- Those which contain nourishment. These cause the fast to be invalidated if one uses them deliberately.
2- Those which do not contain nourishment. These do not affect the fast, whether they are given via a vein (intravenous) or a muscle (intramuscular), accordingto the more correct of the two scholarly opinions, because they are neither food not drink, nor do they take the place of food or drink.
See question no. 49706 and 65632 . in which we quote some of the fatwas of the scholars concerningthis issue.
Perhaps this nurse was following the view of those who say that injections break the fast if they reach the stomach.
Whatever the case, the fact that you broke the fast based on his instructions, then made up the fasts that you missed, means that you have done what was required of you, and you do not have to do anything else.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about a woman who dyed her hair then her sister told her that that invalidates the fast, so she broke her fast then made it up. He replied: The answer to this question involves twothings, the first of which isthis woman who issued a fatwa without knowledge, because if a woman who is fasting dyes her hair, it does not invalidate the fast. The second issue has to do with this woman who received information that was not based on proper knowledge and broke her fast then made it up based on that fatwa. She does not have to do anything now, because she has done what was required of her. End quotefrom Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen(19/226).
Secondly:
In your question you say: “Fate dictated that…” This is a common mistake, because fate has no will. The correct thing to say is:Allaah willed, or Allaah decreed.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about saying “Circumstances dictated that such and such should happen” or “fate willed that such and such should happen.”
He replied: Saying “fate decreed” or “circumstances decreed” iswrong, because circumstances refers to time, and time has no will. Similarly fate has no will either. Rather the OneWho decrees is Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted. If a person says “The will of Allaah dictated that such and such should happen,” there is nothing wrong with that, because will cannot be attributed to fate. End quote from Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (3/113).
We ask Allaah to heal you and give you good health,and to increase you in understanding and knowledge.
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