Indeed all praise is for Allaah, we praise
HIM and we seek HIS aid and we seek HIS forgiveness. And we seek refuge with
Allaah from evils.
Whomsoever Allaah guides,
none can misguide, and whomsoever Allaah misguides, none can guide.
In the lights of Shariah (Words from Allaah
and Sunnah of Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)).
Let us discuss on some acts by ignorance during fasting! In sha Allah
Ignorance
of the time.
For example, if a person
thinks that dawn has not yet broken, then he finds out that it had broken. He
does not have to make up that day. Similarly, if a person breaks the fast at
the end of the day thinking that the sun has set, then he finds out that it had
not set, he does not have to make up that day either.
The evidence for that is
the report narrated by al-Bukhaari from Asma’ bint Abi Bakr (may Allaah be
pleased with her) who said: We broke our fast on a cloudy day at the time of
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then the sun came out.
The point here is that if
the fast was invalidated, it would have been obligatory to make it up, and if
it had been obligatory to make it up, the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) would have commanded them to do that. If he had ordered
them to make it up, this would have reached us because it is part of preserving
sharee’ah.
As there is no report that
says that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told them
to do that, and as he did not tell them to do that, it is known that the fast
was not invalidated, so it does not have to be made up in this case.
But, as soon as a person
realizes what the situation is, he must stop eating and drinking, so that even
if there is a morsel in his mouth, he has to spit it out. End quote from
Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (19/116).
Ignorance
of the ruling(Shariaat),
The Ruling such as if a
person vomits deliberately but he is not aware that vomiting breaks the fast.
In this case, he does not have to make up the fast because he is ignorant.
The evidence that the one
who is ignorant of the ruling does not break his fast is the report that is
proven in al-Saheehayn from the hadeeth of ‘Adiyy ibn Haatim (may Allaah be pleased
with him), who said that he put two ropes – one black and one white
– beneath his pillow. These were ropes of the type used to hobble camels.
He started looking at them, and when he could distinguish between the white
rope and the black one, he stopped eating and drinking. The next day he went to
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and told him about
that. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him:
“Your pillow must be very wide, if the white thread and the black thread
are beneath your pillow. Rather that is the blackness of the night
and the whiteness of the day”
But the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not tell him to make that day up, because
he had been unaware of the meaning of the verse (Aayat).
Warning!!
Deliberately breaking the
fast during the day in Ramadan. This is a grave major sin concerning which
there is a warning as was narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah (1986) and Ibn Hibbaan
(7491) from Abu Umaamah al-Baahili (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of
Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) say: “Whilst I was
sleeping, two men came to me and took hold of my upper arm, and brought me to a
rugged mountain. They said: ‘Climb up.’ I said: ‘I cannot do
it.’ They said: ‘We will make it easy for you.’ So I climbed
up until I was at the top of the mountain. There I heard loud voices. I said:
‘What are these voices?’ They said: ‘This is the screaming of
the people of Hell.’ Then I was taken and I saw people suspended by their
ankles, with the corners of their mouths torn and pouring with blood. I said:
‘Who are these?’ They said: ‘These are the people who broke
their fast before it was time to do so.’” Classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Mawaarid al-Zam’aan, no. 1509.
In general:
You should make up that fast (Which you have
doubt) in order to be on the safe side, as
well as repenting and seeking forgiveness for your falling short in learning
what is required of you in your religion.
It is Obligatory to every Muslim should strive
and seek knowledge to the best he can understand. Otherwise, Ignorance by
itself become a sin, because you didn’t learn, even after Allaah has given
you Eyes to read, Ears to hear, Knowledge to understand, Time to seek and Wisdom
to think & act on that!! Do not misuse all these.
Allaah knows the best!!
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