I am living in middle east and have traveled to india after finishing thirty days of fasting in dubai where as in india it is still one fast remeining so do i have to fast for more day. please quote a hadith regarding the above question also tell me that if i have finished 29 days fasting and then i travel to india and then india celebrates eid after 2 more fasts and middle east celebrates eid after 29 fasts so do i have to keep any fast if yes than how many.
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Fasting 29 30 days
and then traveling east
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Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
185 Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an as a guide
to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (between right and
wrong). So everyone of you who is
‘shaahid’ (witnesses or is
present at his place or residence) during that month should spend it in fasting,
but if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period (should be
made up) by days later. Allah
intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to
difficulties. (He wants you) to complete
the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and
perchance ye shall be grateful.
Your Question: i
would like to ask you that i am living in middle east and have traveled to
If one studies the above verse and command of Allah
Subhanah regarding the fasting of the month of Ramadan, one will realize that
Allah Commands that whoever amongst you is ‘shaahid’ or witnesses the month,
then fasting would be obligatory on such a person.
Thus if one has fasted the month (regardless of whether 29
or 30 days) of Ramadan in one nation, and modern technology has enabled him to
reach another nation where Ramadan is still in progress, then he will be
considered one who is a ‘shahid’ or witness to the month of Ramadan there, and
it would be obligatory upon him to keep the fasts until the end of the month of
Ramadan of that particular nation.
Thus if you were to travel from the Middle East after
completing your fasts of Ramadan, and reach India where Ramadan is still in
progress, it would be obligatory upon you to fast until the month of Ramadan is
over in India. Basically, the law would
be that as long as one is in a place where one witnesses the days of Ramadan,
fasting would be obligatory upon the person.
Your Question: also
tell me that if i have finished 29 days fasting and then i travel to india and
then india celebrates eid after 2 more fasts and middle east celebrates eid
after 29 fasts so do i have to keep any fast if yes than how many.
Even if you have fasted the 29 days in the Middle East and
Eid has been declared there, because you are a witness to the days of Ramadan
in
Although you have asked not but conversely if someone
started his fasts in
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