What Actually Breaks Your Fast?

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Continuing in the book of fasting to finish up what we were not able to finish during the last during Ramadan. We are at the close to the end of of the book of fasting. And we were discussing the subchapter regarding those things which are mendup. Those things which are highly recommended, highly encouraged that a person do during his time of fasting while he is fasting or some of these things may even be obligatory. But the reason why the author put them in this category and didn't put them in the conditions, didn't put them in the pillars is because one of these things being compromised doesn't compromise the validity of a person's fast. It may compromise the reward of a person's fast because one of the things that he mentions in this chapter is is refraining from and you know haram speech haram speech haram action. Obviously the this is this is obligatory. This is binding. However, he put it in this category because if a person were to engage in that, it would not invalidate his fasting to the meaning that he wouldn't have to make the day up. Technically, he fasted technically. However, the reward of his fasting may be greatly depleted, severely depleted, completely depleted depending on the severity of the action. And we remember the narration of there are some fasting that the only thing they gain by fasting is hunger. We know this narration. We've shared it a number of times. So what would cause this to be the case? Well, if a person does what is haram or does what invalidates the spirit of fasting even though they technically physically fasted then yeah sure their fast is technically valid meaning in the sense that they are not told to redo it. However, the reward of that fast has been greatly depleted or even entirely depleted to the point where there's no reward at all. And the same thing goes with fah. The same thing goes with the same thing goes with even right. So a person can do the right thing do the act of kindness or do the act of worship but then invalidate the reward for it right in a specific sense and in a general sense. So the last thing that we spoke about in this chapter is that when a person breaks his fast, he breaks his fast on fresh dates or dried dates or water. We mentioned that narration. The narration is in sunb. The final thing that the author mentions in this chapter, that which is encouraged, that which is highly encouraged that a person fasting does while he is fasting, he says that a person break his fast with the recorded dua from that the prophet sallall.aii wasallam was narrated to have made. And then he cites the narration of Abdullahbar who says.

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Omar narrates that the prophet sallall.aii When he would break his fast, he would say the dua. Three sentences. Three sentences. The thirst has been quenched. And the veins have been quenched inshallah. And the reward has been affirmed. Be it the will of Allah. Now there are other narrations that mention other supplications that a person make when he breaks his fast. All of those other narrations are inauthentic. Some of them are not even narrations, right? Some of them are not even narrations. I'll give you an example. What does that mean? Not even narrations. So for instance, one of the videos and narrations that were being posted and sent around every year this happens is a quote unquote narration where it says Ramadan Ramadan, right? So, you know what the prophet used to say when he would bid farewell to Ramadan. There's no narration this anywhere. This narration actually comes from the books of the Shia. This is one of their narrations, right? , and there are lots of narrations. This is why social media is so dangerous because even if a person finds a narration and finds out that it is wrong or incorrect, it's still for the most part, right? The prophet sallallah.aii wasallam used to seek refuge in Allah from knowledge that doesn't benefit. these are very dangerous things. This is the same as a person taking a loaded gun and running around pointing it at people in the supermarket. Right? This is this is dangerous. This is very dangerous. and these things are constantly sent out. I mean, if I had a nickel for every fabricated narration, every narration that has no origin that someone has sent to me or asked me about on social media, I would be a very wealthy man today. So, it's very important to steer clear of this. And before social media, it took the form of placards, right? whether it be posters or framed pictures or you know placards where people would go to Hajj, people would go to Omrah and they would go down to the marketplace and buy things to take home and they would have these posters or pictures or sometimes framed photos or something that you hang on your and it would have a dua on it or it would have a narration on it. And the idea is well, I'm sure that this is an authentic narration because of course they wouldn't go to the trouble of making all of this and sometimes it's someone makes it, you know, artistically themsself, right? and think, "Wow, I mean, of course, this is authentic." I mean, how would it not be authentic? Of course, if someone went to all this trouble, then it's authentic. The amount of fabricated narrations, the amount of there, I've even found some of these that have quote unquote narrations on it. They're not even from the Quran or the Sunnah or even the books of the Shia. They're from the books of and it's written 1 2 3 4 5. So just because it's on the wall or just because it's written in golden letters or just because it is sculpted or looks artistic or looks like someone went to a lot of trouble. This is not the this is not the yard stick, right? There's a lot of things which are ascribed to the prophet sallall.aii wasallam which are not authentic. And so the duas for breaking fast the dua for bidding farewell to Ramadan etc. All of these they are not authentic or some of them are not even in the books of hadith at all. So the next chapter that the author gives us is what is permissible for the person who is fasting and he mentions a few things which we discussed before. Number one is that a person bathe to cool off and we discussed this a few days ago. Number two is to rinse one's mouth and nose with water without exaggerating to the point where they would swallow the water. And we took a lot of rulings with respect to this. And one of the things of our culture today that falls into this ruling is also using toothpaste. Is it permissible to brush a person for a person to brush one's teeth using toothpaste while he is fasting? The answer is yes. There's no problem with that. As long as they do not as long as they follow the guidelines of what the prophet sallallahu not exaggerate in taking this water or toothpaste or whatever it is to the back of his throat or deep into his nose to where it would go down his throat or her throat. And a lot of people they they find this uncomfortable, you know, brushing your teeth with toothpaste while you're fasting. And that's fine. There's a difference though between uncomfortable and impermissible, right? Something is impermissible means it's haram. We cannot say something is haram without evidence. However, inappropriate, uncomfortable. , this is something that is a much broader a much broader topic. Can something be is it is it particularly appropriate for a person to brush his teeth with with toothpaste while he is fasting? it may be uncomfortable may be inappropriate in the sense that there are better times to do this. However there is a big difference between that and something that is haram. We can't call it haram unless Allah and his messenger have called it haram. the next thing that we mentioned is which is drawing blood bloodletting for the purpose of medicine. And what follows this as well is giving blood, donating blood, having blood drawn, having blood drawn for tests. None of this will break a person's fast. However, if a person becomes severely depleted in doing so to where they they need to, you know, they become laded or of course then a person should break his fast. Not only can a person break his fast but in this kind of instance it would become the sunnah highly encouraged that a person break his fast right which is one of the reasons the scholars site that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam mentioned that the person who gets hij bloodletting done that they have broken their fast remember the narration right that both the one who does the bloodletting and the one who has the blood flooding done both of them break their fast. So one of the reasons that the person that has it done breaks his fast is to replenish the body. You've just taken the life, you know, the the liquid life out of the body, which is blood. It needs to be replenished. It needs to be restored. But does it that in itself break a person's fast? No, it does not break a person's fast in itself. We discussed this in in u detail during Ramadan. So tomorrow inshall we will move on to the fourth point which is meaning this one is for that guy right and that is kissing one spouse or flirting with one spouse or petting or all these other things that people do that occurs between a man and his wife. that these things are permissible while a person is fasting for those who are able to control themselves. So we'll talk about that one tomorrow.

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