What To Do if One Wakes Up Ritually Impure After Fajr Time in Ramadan?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

In Hanafi fiqh, if someone misses their alarm for ghusl before Fajr after having sexual intercourse during Ramadan but wakes up upon hearing the azan, is their fast still valid?

If not, what is the kaffara for this situation?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

It is not a condition for a valid fast that one must be in a state of purity with wudu or ghusl when Fajr time enters. The fast is valid. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

Hope this helps
Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.