I broke my fast, I feel soo bad.

[Ansariyah]

:sl:

I woke up with this horrible headache, I couldn't even concentrate on my studies. I haven't eaten much at ifta yestaday too, cause I just had no appetite. My sis kept telling me to break it caus she cud see how bad I felt this morning. Now after I ate I feel fine? The point of me breakin it was so I cud take some medicine, but I feel like I shouldn't have broken my fast cause I seem to be doing ok n I dont want to take medicine for nothing.:(

[hammadrizwan]

Sister, you should speak to an imam about your situation. You may have to make compensation for breaking the fast and he/she is in the best position to tell you.

For everyone issuing their own fatwas--- you're allowed to break it in terms of issues of life and death from the following fatwa from Uthaymeen. Not if you don't feel well.. b/c no one feels well for the first week or two of Ramadan anyway. Also it would be best to refrain from issuing fatwas, b/c if you mislead someone, you take responsibility and I have enough of my own burdens to bear rather then add additional weight to it.


Permissible Excuses for Breaking the Fast
Question:

What are the permissible excuses for breaking the fast?
Answer:

The permissible excuses for breaking the fast are: illness and travel, as mentioned in the Qur’aan. Among other excuses is that a women is pregnant and she fears for herself or her child. Another excuse is that a woman is breast-feeding and she fears for herself or her breast-fed child if she fasts. Another excuse is that a person needs to break his fast in order to save the life of someone. For example, he finds a drowning person in the sea, or someone who is surrounded on all sides by fire, and he needs to break his fast in order to save him – in that case, he may break his fast and save him. Another such case would be if a person needed to break his fast in order to strengthen himself for jihad in Allaah’s Cause, that would also be a permissible cause for him to break his fast, because the Prophet sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said to his Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them:

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“You will meet the enemy tomorrow morning, so breaking the fast will be stronger for you, so break your fast.” [1]

So, if there is a permissible excuse for breaking the fast, and a person breaks his fast due to it, it is not necessary for him to fast for the remainder of that day. Therefore, if it transpired that a person had broken his fast in order to save a person’s life, he should continue to eat and drink, even after saving him. This is because he broke his fast due to a reason that permits him to break his fast, so it is not necessary for him to fast in that case, because the prohibition of breaking fast on that day has been removed due to the permissible cause for breaking the fast.

For this reason, we support the most authoritative opinion in this matter, which is that if a sick person became well during the day and he was not fasting, it is not necessary for him to fast, and if a traveller arrived during the day at his hometown and he was not fasting, it is not necessary for him to fast and if a menstruating women became clean during the day, it is not necessary for her to fast. This is because all of these people broke their fasts for legitimate reasons, and so on that day, there was no obligation upon them to fast, due to the lawful permissible for breaking it at that time, so it is not necessary for them to fast.

This is as oppose to the case where it is confirmed that the month of Ramadan has begun during the day in that case, it is necessary to fast. The difference between the two cases is clear, because if the evidence appears (that Ramadan has begun) during the day, it has been confirmed that fasting on that day is obligatory for them, but they are excused for the time before the evidence became clear to them due to their ignorance of it. This is why, if they knew that this day was a day of Ramadan, it is obligatory for them to fast. But as for those other people whom we have described, it is permissible for them to break their fast, even though they are aware (that it is Ramadan) and the difference between them is clear.

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[1] Reported by Muslim in the Book of Fasting, in the Chapter: The Reward of One Who Breaks His Fast on a Journey if He Undertakes a Task (1120).

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

[hammadrizwan]

Salam.

Why did they delete the other postings? Maybe it was best to not mislead/misguide anyone else.

You should speak to someone qualified to give you an opinion on your situation.

Hope everything works out.

Salam
H

[Muhammad]

:sl:

As brother Hammad mentioned, it's best to ask a scholar or an Imam about this. We are not in a position to say whether a headache is sufficient reason to break the fast. I am sure we all agree that an extremely sick person for whom fasting may cause harm is permitted, perhaps even encouraged, to break their fast. But we cannot extract our own ruling from general guidelines to specific cases for fear of giving the wrong advice. This is why it's best to ask someone who has a more deeper understanding of the rulings on fasting who can offer the most accurate advice Insha'Allaah. And it was for this reason that posts were removed and the thread shall be closed, to be on the side of caution rather than error.