مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٣٦١ - FASTING BY A TRAVELLER
observe the lapsed fasts till the next Ramazan, he should also give one mudd of foodstuff foreach day by way of atonement.
١٧٢٠. If a person does not observe a fast of the
month of Ramazan intentionally and commits sexual intercourse or
masturbation a number of times during the day theatonement, too, will
become as many times. He will have to make ١ atonement for as many times
he commits sexual intercourse or masturbation.) However, if he performs
a numberof times another act which invalidates a fast (for example, if
he eats foodstuff a number of times) one atonement is sufficient.
١٧٢١. After the death of a person his eldest should observe his lapsed fasts as explained in connection with prayers earlier.
١٧٢٢. If a father has not observed some other
obligatory fasts f besides the fasts of the month of Ramazan leg a fast
on account of a vow) the obligatory precautionis that his eldest son
should observe his lapsed fasts. However, if the father was a hired for
observing fasts but he did not observe them, it is not obligatory for
theeldest son to offer them.
FASTING BY A TRAVELLER
١٧٢٣. A traveller, for whom it is necessary to
shorten four units prayers to two units, should not fast However, a
traveller who offers full prayers (for example aperson who is a
traveller by profession or who goes on a journey for an unlawful
purpose) should fast while travelling.
١٧٢٤. There is no harm in travelling during the
month of ramazan, but it is abominable to travel during that month to
evade fasting. And similarly it is abominableto travel before the ٢٤th
of Ramazan unless travelling is undertaken for the purpose of Hajj or
Umra or in connection with some important work.
١٧٢٥. If it is obligatory on a person to observe
a specific fast other than the fast of the month of Ramazan, for
example, if he has vowed that he will observe faston a particular day,
it is