Eating and drinking something on suspicion of invalidation of Sawm(fast)

Eating and drinking something on suspicion of invalidation of Sawm(fast)

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What do respected scholars of Islam and Muftis of Shari’ah say about the following issue: A person vomits involuntarily and assumes that his Sawm [fast] has now become invalid. Therefore, he begins to eat and drink things. The question is, whether only Qada  of the Sawm is obligatory for such a person or he will have to perform Kaffarah(expiation) as well?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  In the situation mentioned in the question, only Qada is obligatory, there is no Kaffarah(expiation). However, even after invalidating his Sawm by deliberately eating food after the vomit, he was not allowed by Shari’ah to eat and drink anything. Because if the Sawm of a person becomes invalid even by mistake, he is not allowed to eat and drink anything in view of the sacredness of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak. Instead, it is obligatory for him to remain like Sawm-observing people. Therefore, he must also repent of this sin.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Maulana Shafiq Attari

Verified by:Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari