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Answers: 47Fasting of the Traveler
- Minimum Distance for Breaking Fast and Shortening PrayersThe distance which allows a traveller to break his fasting and shorten his prayers is approximately 80 km according to the view of the majority of scholars. This distance is called travelling according to the custom of the Muslims. So if a person travels by camel, car, plane or ship, for this distance or more, he is regarded as a traveller.335,369
- He is travelling to another country and will stay there for eight days to attend a course in which he needs to focus; can he break the fast?12,262
- Ruling on breaking the fast in order to play football (soccer) when travelling and otherwise, and the ruling on travelling fans breaking the fast19,430
- If a person is always travelling, can he avail himself of the concessions of travel?30,559
- Pilgrim doing ‘umrah in Ramadan not fasting if he has come from far away21,687
- Can he shorten his prayers and eat before leaving his house on a journey?77,739
- Fasting of Those Always TravellingThere is no doubt that not fasting whilst travelling is allowed in the Shari`ah and is a concession granted by Allah. Those drivers who spend their lives on the road can break their fast even if travelling is their profession.33,597
- Is the view of one who says that it is obligatory for sick people and travellers to break the fast and that their fast is not valid correct?11,459
- He is going to travel and will remain abroad for three months; does he have to fast Ramadan?31,118
- Who Is Exempt from fasting during Ramadan?These are the valid reasons for breaking the fast during Ramadan: 1- sickness, 2- traveling, 3 - pregnancy and breastfeeding, 4- senility and old age, 5- intense hunger and thirst, and 6- compulsion.310,781
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