Fasting Fatawaa

1.   The ruling on using perfume during the days of Ramadhan.

2.   Fast what is upon you from missed fasts first.

3.   The obligation of fasting even when work circumstances are not conducive to fasting..

4.   Fasting after the journey has finished

5.    She Fasted During Her Days of Menstruation

6.   Slept on the First Night of Ramadan Before Ramadan was Confirmed.

Answers to the Questions...

Q1) What is the ruling for the fasting person on using perfumed scents during the days of Ramadhan?

A1) There is no problem in using it and inhaling it during the days of Ramadhan except for Bukhoor – do not inhale it because it has with it some offence which reaches the stomach – and that is the smoke.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

Fiqhul Ibaadaat Page No.217 Maktabatul Iman

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Q2) Is it permissible to fast the 6 days of Shawwaal before making up the missed fasts of Ramadhan? And is it permissible to fast on Monday in the month of Shawwaal with the intention of making up the missed fasts of Ramadhan, and with the intention of attaining the reward of fasting on the Monday?

A2) The reward of fasting the six days of Shawwaal is not attained except if a person has completed the month’s fasts of Ramadhan, so whoever has some missed fasts from Ramadhan then let him not fast the six days of Shawwaal until he has completed the missed fasts of Ramadhan, because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: 

“Whoever fasts Ramadhan then follows that with six from Shawwaal…”

[Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ahmad, ad-Daarimi].

So based upon this, we say to anyone who has missed fasts, upon him is that he must fast those first, then fast the six days of Shawwaal. And if it happens that these six days fall upon a Monday or Thursday then indeed he will attain the reward of them both [the six days and the fasting upon the Monday or Thursday], with the reward of the intention of fasting the six days and with the reward of the intention for fasting Monday or Thursday, due to his صلى الله عليه وسلم 's saying: 

“Actions are judged by their intentions & for every person is that what he intended .”

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

Fiqhul Ibaadaat Page No.222 Maktabatul Iman

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Q3) I am a soldier, and the month of Ramadhan came upon me, so is it permissible to not fast knowing that the circumstances (at work) do not help/aid me upon fasting? 

A3) It is not permissible for you to not fast in Ramadhan if you are a person who is required to fast, unless you are a traveller or are suffering from an illness with which you do not have the strength to fast – according to His Statement, the Exalted: 

“So whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number (of days of missed fasting) must be (made up) from other days.”

Al Baqarah (2:185)

“And He has not placed upon you in the religion any hardship.”

Al Hajj (22:78)

“Allaah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity.”

Al Baqarah (2:286)

And according to the statement of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم : 

“If I command you with a matter, then do as much of it as you can.”

And with Allaah is the tawfeeq. And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad & his family and his Companions. 

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Shaykh `Abdullah bin Ghudayaan
Shaykh `Abdullaah bin Qu`ood
Shaykh `Abdur-Razzaaq al-`Afeefee

Question 3 from fatwa 3924 P232 Volume 10 Fataawaa of the Permanent Committee Translated by Abu Abdir Rahmaan Nasser ibn Najam

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Q4) A traveller breaks his fast during his journey and when he reaches his place of residence, does he refrain (from eating) or is there no objection to eating, and what is the evidence? 

A4) Breaking of the fast (i.e. eating) during the journey is a rukhsah (concession) which Allaah has made for creating ease for His Servants. So if the reason for the concession falls away, then the concession falls away along with it. So whoever arrives at his town from his journey in the day must refrain (from eating) in order to fall under the generality of His Statement, the Exalted: 

“So whoever of you witnesses the month (of Ramadaan) then he should fast.”

Al Baqarah (2:185)

And with Allaah is the tawfeeq. And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions. 

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Shaykh `Abdullah bin Ghudayaan
Shaykh `Abdullaah bin Qu`ood
Shaykh `Abdur-Razzaaq al-`Afeefee

Question 2 from fatwa 1954 P210 Volume 10 Fataawaa of the Permanent Committee

Translated by Abu Abdir Rahmaan Nasser ibn Najam

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Q5) A young girl had her menstrual period and she was fasting during the days of menstruation due to ignorance; what in incumbent upon her? 

A4) She must make up for the days which she fasted while she was menstruating, because fasting on the days of menstruation is not accepted, and it is invalid, even if she was ignorant, and there is no limit to the time for making up missed fasts. 

And there is another question opposite to this one: A women whose period came to her when she was young and she was embarrassed to tell her family, so she was not fasting. It is incumbent upon this young girl to make up for the month which she did not fast, because when a girl begins to menstruate, she becomes legally responsible, since menstruation is one of the signs of reaching maturity.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

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Q6) A man slept on the first night of Ramadan before it was confirmed that the month had begun, and he did not make the intention to fast at night, then after Fajr had begun, he came to know that the day was Ramadan. What should he do in a situation like this? Should he make up for that day? 

A6) Regarding this man who slept on the first day of Ramadan before it was confirmed that the month had begun, and he did not make the intention to fast, then awoke to find after Fajr had begun that the day was Ramadan; once he knew, it was incumbent upon him to fast and to make up for it, according to the majority of scholars. As far as I am aware, no one disputes this except Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy upon him, for he said that the intention follows awareness, and this person was unaware (that it was Ramadhan). Therefore he is excused, because he did not abandon the intention after he became aware of it, but was ignorant of it, and the ignorant person is excused, therefore, if he fasts from the time he knows about it, then his fast is valid, and he is not obliged to make up for it, according to this opinion. 

As for the majority of scholars, they have said that he is obliged to fast and he is obliged to make up for that day, and they justified this by the fact that part of the day has passed by him in which he did not have the intention to fast. The opinion that is safer for him is to make up for that day. 

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

Islamic Verdicts on The Pillars of Islaam, vol.2, page.634