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What Was Narrated Concerning Fasting While Traveling

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Darussalam · Volume 2

The Chapters On What Has Been Narrated Concerning Fasting

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الحديث: 1661 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 531

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1661. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ fasted while he was traveling, and he broke his fast." (Sahih)

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1661 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: «صَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَأَفْطَرَ»

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If there is a concern that completing a fast on journey will be hard, fast should still be observed; but there is a ruling that if fast is to be expected too hard, then it is better to leave the obligatory fast, in this condition the fasting is said to be Harâm (prohibited), such fasts should be made up afterwards. If the journey is easy and observing fast is not hard, then one may even observe voluntary fast on a journey as it is apparent from the following Hadith, so the fasting of Ramadân on a journey is definitely permissible.