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THINGS WHICH BREAK THE FAST

 FAJR REMINDER: THINGS WHICH BREAK THE FAST

By: Umm Affān

Ramaḍān 7, 1447 (24-February-2026)


O Muslims! We must be vigilant not to break our fast during the days of Ramaḍān without a valid Islāmic excuse, as this is among the gravest of sins. It is crucial to understand that the acts that invalidate the fast can be categorized into two types.


The first category includes actions that require only compensating for the broken fast (Qada‘). These actions are: knowingly eating or drinking (or consuming nourishing substances that replace food and drink); intentionally inducing vomiting; deliberate ejaculation (whether through masturbation or other methods short of sexual intercourse, such as kissing, hugging, or caressing one’s spouse, watching pornographic videos, etc.); and menstruation or post-partum bleeding (even if it begins just before sunset). While these actions invalidate the fast, they only necessitate making it up.


The second category demands that one refrain from food and drink for the day, sincerely repent, make up that day’s fast (Qada‘), and also perform a serious act of expiation (Kaffarah). Many scholars agree that this applies specifically when one engages in sexual intercourse (regardless of ejaculation), as evidenced by a Ḥadīth narrated by Abū Hurayrah (Raḍiyallāhu ‘Anhu), in which a man confessed to the Prophet (ﷺ) about this offense, to which the Prophet instructed him to perform expiation. This expiation can be freeing a slave, fasting consecutively for two lunar months without interruption, or feeding sixty poor individuals. [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1936, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1111]


Some scholars assert that the obligation follows that order, allowing the individual to resort to the next option only if they are unable to fulfill the first. This situation is indeed a serious offense! Both the man and woman involved bear responsibility and must perform expiation for their actions, except in cases where one of them is coerced, such as in instances of rape.


I beseech Allāh to protect us from the temptations of Shayṭān and our base desires. Aameen.

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