Sheikh Ibn Fawzaan (Hafidhahullaah)
It is obligatory for the Muslim to know of all
that invalidates the fast so as to be aware of them. They include:
1) Sexual intercourse: Whenever the fasting
person has sexual intercourse, his fast is invalidated. Subsequently, he is
required to make up the fast for that day in which he had sexual intercourse in
addition to paying a penalty (kaffaarah) which is to free a slave. If he
is unable to find a slave or funds that are equal to that, then he is required
to fast consecutively for two months. If he is unable to fast for two months,
due to an Islaamically acceptable reason, he is to feed 60 poor people
half a saa' each from the food common in that land.
2) Excretion of semen as a result of kissing,
touching with desire, masturbation or persistently looking at that which
arouses the desire. In this case, the fast is invalidated & he is required to
make up for that day without paying a penalty (kaffaarah), since paying a
penalty is specific to having had sexual intercourse.
3) Intentionally eating & drinking, due to
that which Allaah
(سُبحانه وتعالى) says:
“ وَكُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ
الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّواْ الصِّيَامَ
إِلَى الَّليْلِ”
{...and eat & drink until the white thread (light) of
dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then
complete your Sawm (fast) till the nightfall},
(Al-Baqarah
2:187)
