مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Fourteen:
From the invalidators of the Fast
Muhammad Bin Saleh Al-Othaymeen
My brothers: Allaah (SWT) says, “so now associate with them, and seek what Allah has ordained for you, and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then complete your fast Till the night appears.” Allaah tells us in these noble verses the ways to invalidate the fast as well as the Prophet (saw) in the Sunnah.
There are seven ways to invalidate the fast.
The First: Having relations with your wife
And this is from the biggest and greatest sins, the person’s fast is invalid whether it be obligatory fast or voluntary. If they are in the day of Ramadhan then they have to free a believing slave, if they do not have one, they have to fast two consecutive months, which they cannot miss a day except with a valid excuse. Which would be the days of Eid, or sickness, or traveling. If they miss a day without an excuse, even if it is just one day, they have to restart the two months all over again. This is because they have to be two consecutive months. If they are not able to fast for two months, then they must feed sixty poor people, to every person half a kilo.
It is narrated in Saheeh Muslim that a person had relations with his wife during Ramadhan, so he asked the Prophet (saw) about it and the Prophet asked, “Do you have a slave?” he said, “No.” He asked, “Are you able to fast two months?” He replied “No.” So he (saw) said, “So feed sixty poor people.”
The Second: The release of sperm from kissing, touching, etc.
This is from the desires that the fasting person should avoid. As is stated in the Hadeeth Qudsi, “He leaves his food, drink, and desires for My sake.” (Bukhari)
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