Ḥadīth 184: Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh said ‘Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ While Travelling On One of His Journeys Saw A Man That Was Being Shaded & He Asked What Is This? And They said ‘He Is Fasting’. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said ‘It Is Not From Piety To Fast While Travelling’ (Bukharī & Muslim). In An Additional Wording of Muslim It Says ‘Upon You Is To Take The Concession Which Allāh Has Granted You’
The Permissibility To Break Fast While Travelling In The Month of Ramaḍān
*The Difference of Opinions With The Scholars Regarding Fasting While Travelling In The Month of Ramaḍān
Ḥadīth 185: Anas bin Mālik said ‘We Were Travelling With Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ Some of Us Were Fasting And Some of Us Were Breaking Fast. And We Stopped To Rest And The Day Was Extremely Hot. And The Person Amongst Us That Had Most Shade Was The One Who Had A Cloth & Others Were Protecting Themselves From Sun By Placing Their Hands On Their Heads. And The Fasting Person Fell Down & The One’s Breaking Fast Stood Up, & They Pitched Up The Tents & Gave The Camels Drink. And The Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said ‘Those Breaking Fast Had Taken Away The Blessings’ (Bukharī & Muslim).
The Prophet’s ﷺ Approval of Both The Fasting Person & The One Breaking Fast
One Takes What Is Easiest Upon Him
Clarification of The Incorrect Statement Made by Ibn Ḥazm
Ḥadīth 186: ʿĀʾaisha Narrated ‘I Used To Have Fast To Make Up From Ramaḍān & I Would Not Be Able To Make It Up Expect In Sha’bān . (Bukharī & Muslim).
The Permissibility To Delay Making Up One’s Missed Fast From Ramaḍān Until Sha’bān
The Preferability In Hastening Making Up One’s Fast As Soon As Possible
The Expiation To Be Given If One Purposely Delays Making Up One’s Missed Ramaḍān Fast Till The New Ramaḍān
Ḥadīth 187: ʿĀʾaisha Narrated The Messenger ﷺ said ‘Whoever Dies & Has Fasting Upon Him, Then His Heirs Is To Fast For Him’ (Muslim). Abū Dāwud Reported It And Said: ‘This Is As It Relates To A Vow’ And Is The Statement of Imām Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal
The Difference of Opinions Regarding Making Up One’s Relatives Obligatory Fasts
Ḥadīth 188: ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās said ‘A Man Came To The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ And said ‘O Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, My Mother Has Died And She Had A Month of Fasting. Shall I Fast On Her Behalf? The Messenger ﷺ replied ‘If Your Mother Had A Debt Would You Pay It Upon Her Behalf’. The Man said ‘Yes’. The Messenger ﷺ said ‘ The Debt of Allāh Is More Deserving’ (Bukharī & Muslim). In Another Narration In Muslim ‘ A Woman Came To The Messenger ﷺ And Said ‘O Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ‘ My Mother Has Died & She Has Vowed To Fast. Shall I Fast On Her Behalf? The Messenger ﷺ said ‘What Would You Do If Your Mother Had A Debt, Wouldn’t You Pay It On Her Behalf? She said ‘Yes’. So The Messenger ﷺ said ‘Fast On Her Behalf’
The Permissibility of Fasting A Vow’s Fast For One’s Relative After Their Death • The Verdicts Given By The Companions Regarding Making Up A Vow’s Fast For One’s Relative After Their Death