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Do you have to fast while traveling? What is the minimum traveling distance to be exempt from fasting? Is it Haram to fast while traveling?
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Do you have to fast while traveling?
A person who is traveling is exempt from fasting and allowed to offer Qaza if;
- He travels for the minimum traveling distance.
- Leaves his city.
Qaza for fasting: If you skip fasting during travel, you will have to fast for one day after Ramadan to make it up.
Hamzah bin ‘Amr رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ asked Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about fasting while traveling. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “If you wish to fast then fast, and if you wish not to fast then do not fast.” – Sunan an-Nasa’i 2299
Minimum traveling distance
Most Islamic scholars believe that the minimum traveling distance that exempts one from fasting is 80 kilometers or 48 miles from the border of the city.
In other words, if a person travels for more than 80 km e.g. from Jeddah to Madina, he is a traveler and hence allowed to be exempt from fasting.
- The minimum distance for both skipping the fast and shortening the Salah is the same.
- If a person travels for more than 80 kilometers but stays within his city, he is not exempt from fasting.
Is it Haram to fast while traveling?
It is Haram to fast while traveling if it causes unbearable difficulty.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ went out to Makkah in the year of the Conquest in Ramadan. He fasted until he reached Kura Al-Ghamim, and the people fasted, so he called for a vessel of water after ‘Asr and drank it while the people were looking on. Then some of the people broke their fast and some continued to fast. He heard that some people were still fasting and he said: ‘Those are the disobedient ones. – Sunan an-Nasa’i 2263
How to fast when traveling?
If a person travels from Saudi Arabia to India in the month of Ramadan, when shall he open his fast, which country shall be used as a reference country for the number of fasts?
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “The fast is the day the people fast, the breaking of the fast is the day the people break their fast, and the sacrifice is the day the people sacrifice.” – Jami` at-Tirmidhi 697
It means that you have to respect the timings of the area you are currently present for Suhoor, Iftar, Ramadan, and Eid.
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