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*ACTIONS THAT INVALIDATES FASTING*
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*EPISODE 1️⃣: The Do's And Don'ts Of Ramadaan*
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Fasting in Ramadaan is one of the pillars of Islam, and as Muslims, there is a need to make this pillar strong enough to earn lots of rewards from Allaah regarding it (fasting). But to gain these rewards we also need to avoid certain actions which reduce the rewards or worse, nullify the fast.
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An individual who is fasting is required to abstain from eating, drinking and other actions prohibited by Allaah and His Prophet (ﷺ).
The actions that nullify fasting has been mentioned (by Allaah, His Prophet and the scholars), and they include;
*1. Vomiting Intentionally*
Narrated Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه):
*_The Prophet (ﷺ) said: if one has a sudden attack of vomiting while one is fasting, no atonement is required of him, but if he vomits intentionally he must make atonement._*
(Sunan Abi Dawud 2380. Graded Sahih by Al-Albani)
*2. Eating*
Any solid particle(s) taken into the body through the mouth with the intention to gain energy or some nutritional benefits invalidate the fast unless taken unintentionally, then there is no fault on the fasting person.
*3. Drinking*
It is prohibited for a person who is fasting to drink any liquid to quench his/her thirst or to gain energy in as much as the health of the individual is not at stake.
*4. Sexual Intercourse*
It is obligatory on the one fasting to refrain from sexual relation with his/her spouse between the time range of the fasting period, which is between dusk and sunset.
As regards the evidence on the three (2, 3, 4) nullifiers above, Allaah (ﷻ) said,
*فَٱلۡئَٰنَ بَٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبۡتَغُواْ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡۚ وَكُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡخَيۡطُ ٱلۡأَبۡيَضُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَيۡطِ ٱلۡأَسۡوَدِ مِنَ ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّواْ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۚ*
_…..So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allaah has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]....._
(Al-Baqarah 2:187)
*5. Emission of Menstrual and Postpartum Blood.*
The aforementioned conditions make the fast of women in those conditions invalid since they are in an in-pure state. Although after the period of the emission, women are expected to repay the equal number of the missed fast after the month of Ramadaan.
Narrated Abu Sa`id (رضي الله عنه):
*_The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Isn't it true that a woman does not pray and does not fast on menstruating? And that is the defect (a loss) in her religion."_*
(Sahih al-Bukhari 1951)
*6. Emission of Blood Due to Cupping*
Narrated Thawban,
*_The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A man who cups and a man who gets himself cupped break their fast._*
(Sunan Abi Dawud 2370. Graded Sahih by Al-Albani)
To be continued in shaa Allaah…..
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