What Is the Ruling on Breaking the Fast Due to Weakness after Vomiting Unintentionally?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I vomited a large amount after suhur and was feeling weak, and was experiencing diarrhea. I forgot that unintentionally vomiting doesn’t break the fast, so I drank electrolyte water and later ate to take medicine. Will I have to do kaffara along with the makeup fast?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health.
You will only have to do a make-up (qada) of the fast. You broke the fast due to feeling weak and having diarrhea, which can make you fall severely ill.
It is permitted to break the fast when suffering from an illness if a person reasonably:
- Fears an increase in one’s illness;
- Fears a delay in recovering from one’s illness;
- Fears falling sick. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah; Tahtawi, Hashiyat al-Tahtawi ‘Ala Maraqi al-Falah]
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
