𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 (512)

Ruling on Breaking an Obligatory Make-Up Fast Sheikh ’Uthaymeen raḥimahullāh said: "As for making up a missed fast (qaḍāʾ), it is not permissible to break it, because the principle established by the textual evidence is that whoever begins an obligatory act is not allowed to discontinue it except for a legitimate legal excuse. For this reason, if a person pronounces the opening takbīr to begin an obligatory prayer, and someone then seeks permission by knocking at the door, it is not permissible for him to interrupt the obligatory prayer in order to respond to the visitor. As for fasting the six days (of Shawwāl), this is a voluntary act. A voluntary act may be discontinued, but doing so is disliked unless there is a valid reason. This, then, is the ruling regarding interrupting a make-up fast and interrupting the fasting of the six days. However, is the ruling of making up a fast the same as that of fasting during Ramaḍān itself? That is, if a person has marital relations with his spouse while making up a fast, is he required to offer an expiation (kaffārah)? The answer is no. Expiation is only required for one who has marital relations during the daytime in Ramaḍān while being among those obligated to fast. In summary: a make-up fast may not be broken except for a legitimate legal excuse, whereas a voluntary fast may be broken, though it is disliked unless there is a valid purpose. The questioner then asks: What are the matters that permit us to break a make-up fast, for example? We reply: such as when a person experiences hardship, whether due to hunger, thirst, fatigue, or similar reasons. The legal excuses that permit breaking the fast are well known among the scholars." Source: https://t.me/womensbenefits/1316