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IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #80: ORANG YANG DIBERI KEUZURAN MAKAN SECARA TERBUKA DI SIANG HARI RAMADHAN
Can people who are excused from fasting eat and drink openly during the day in Ramadan?
Short answer
Those with a valid excuse, namely women in menstruation or postnatal bleeding, the sick who meet the conditions, and travellers who meet the conditions, are permitted to eat during the day in Ramadan.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Fasting
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Those with a valid excuse, namely women in menstruation or postnatal bleeding, the sick who meet the conditions, and travellers who meet the conditions, are permitted to eat during the day in Ramadan. It is nevertheless more virtuous to do so away from public view to avoid causing slander and suspicion. Menstruating women are forbidden to fast and must make up the days, while the sick and travellers are granted a concession to break the fast with a duty of makeup. The ruling cites the example of the Prophet and early scholars who guarded against suspicion as the basis for this etiquette.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Para ulama telah bersepakat bahawa wanita yang dalam keadaan haid diharamkan baginya untuk berpuasa.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #80: ORANG YANG DIBERI KEUZURAN MAKAN SECARA TERBUKA DI SIANG HARI RAMADHAN”, 27 June 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/1050-irsyad-al-fatwa-khas-ramadhan-80-orang-yang-diberi-keuzuran-makan-secara-terbuka-di-siang-hari-ramadhan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/can-excused-people-eat-openly-ramadan/