مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٣٦٣ - FASTING BY A TRAVELLER
well. And if he breaks the fast before reaching the limits of his town, it is obligatory on him to make an atonement for it.
١٧٣١. If a person, who is journeying in the
month of Ramazan (whether he was travelling before dawn or was fasting
and then undertook the journey) reaches beforemidday his home town or a
place where he intends to stay for ten days and has not performed an
act, which invalidates a fast, he should observe fast on that day and If
he hasperformed such an act, it is not obligatory on him to observe
fast on that day.
١٧٣٢. If a traveller reacheS.after :midday, his
home town or a place where he intends to stay for ten days he should not
observe fast on that day.
١٧٣٣. It is abominable for a traveller, and for a
person who cannot fast owing to some excuse, to have sexual intercourse
or to eat or drink his fill during the daytime in Ramazan.
PERSON ON WHOM FASTING IS NOT OBLIGATORY
PERSON ON WHOM FASTING IS NOT OBLIGATORY
١٧٣٤. Fasting is not obligatory on a person, who
cannot fast on account of old age, or to whom fasting is a source
of`hardship But in the latter case he should giveone mudd foodstuffs to
an indigent person for every fast.
١٧٣٥. If a person who doesnt fast during the
month of Ramazan owing to old age, becomes capable of fasting later, he
should, on the basis of.recommendedprecaution, observe the lapsed fast
which he could not observe during Ramazan.
١٧٣٦. Fasting is not obligatory on a person, who
suffers from some ailment, on account of which he feels thirst, which
is unbearable to him or which becomes asource of hardship to him. In the
latter case, however, he should give one mudd of foodstuffs to an
indigent person for every fast. And the recommended precaution is that
heshould drink that quantity of water which is absolutely necessary for
him, and when he later becomes capable of fasting, he should, on the
basis precaution observe the lapsedfasts.