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** ** *Q-** What is the Shariah ruling concerning a person who breaks fast by mistake?* *A-* A fasting person may break his fast mistakenly, as, for example, when he has iftar thinking that the sun has set without making sure of that – then realizes later that he was mistaken. Such a person must make up for the fast in question. *Bukhari* narrated that Asmaa' Bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "We broke our fast during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him), on a cloudy day and then the sun appeared." Hisham, the sub-narrator, was asked "Were they ordered to make up for the day?" He replied, "It had to be made up for." The same ruling applies if the people of some place do not see the crescent of Ramadan because of the fog or clouds and do no observe fasting the next day which they came to know later was the first day of Ramadan. They must make up for this day as unanimously agreed upon by scholars. – Excerpted from Islamic Verdicts on the Pillars of Islam by Sheikh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-'Uthaimeen, complied and arranged by Fahd Bin Nasir Ibrahim As-Sulaiman * Permission is granted to circulate among private individuals and groups, to post on Internet sites and to publish in full text and subject title in not-for-profit publications.** *
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