What is the rule for travelers in month of ramadan?

i go to from montreal to ottawa it is about 175 km or 2hr journey ,i leave the city so shouldn't I fast or i fast and break is in the way or i shall not break because i go from 7 am to 12 pm and come back just submeting some papers to embassy for justifying plz give me a best answers thanks .|||if you have hard time then it is ok to not to fast but it is very easy like you dont have to do any thing like just sit then yes u fast|||i personally will advice u not to break ur fast since ur coming back in the same day but i'll give u the ruling and u decide


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鈻篒t is religiously permissible for one who travels about 85 km (53 mi) or more to break his fast in Ramadan provided that one compensates by fasting other days after Ramadan. Yet, Muslim jurists disagree regarding the time when the Islamic regulations for traveling are applicable. The preferred opinion is that the rules of traveling start when the person goes beyond the location or the area where he lives. So, it is not allowed for him to break the fast within that area because he may be confronted with an unexpected circumstance that forces him to stay.





鈻篢he dispensation for breaking the fast (is the same as that) for shortening the prayer, that is the distance of traveling should be (at least) 85 km (53 mi). Besides, someone is not regarded as a traveler unless he goes beyond the inhabited area of the location where he lives. So, someone who intends to travel but neither starts the journey nor goes beyond his area is not permitted to break the fast.





鈻篒f someone who finds that it is difficult to go on fasting while traveling or that fasting will physiologically harm him, it is better for him to break the fast.





鈻衡柡It is allowed for the person to break the fast either in the daytime or in the middle of the day, as long as he meets the conditions for being a traveler. This is because if traveling starts in the evening and continues till the daytime, it is an excuse for breaking the fast. This is the same as if there is a reason for breaking the fast during the daytime such as illness, which is one of the two stated conditions for breaking the fast, namely, illness and traveling. Just as being affected by illness during the daytime is a reason for a person to break the fast, it is also allowed for him to break the fast in case he is traveling in the daytime. The traveler must fast the same number of days he broke in Ramadan."


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鈻篢he majority of Muslim jurists are of the opinion that if a person makes the intention in the evening to fast the next day, it is not permitted for him to break his fast if he starts traveling the next day. He must complete the fast that day. Only Imam Ahmad allows the person who starts traveling in the daytime to break the fast [regardless whether he had previously intended to fast that day or not].





鈻衡柡Sheikh `Atiyyah Saqr, former head of Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee, states the following:





if a person intends to fast the next day but he was forced for (an urgent reason) to travel on that day, he may be permitted to break his fast if he feels fatigued. Although this opinion contradicts opinion of the majority -- who oblige the person not to break his fast for such a reason -- I see that the person is permitted to break his fast because of the fatigue he feels, not for the mere reason of traveling. Feeling that one is fatigued can only be judged by the person himself, who should fear Allah, Who is well aware of what the person feels.


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鈻篔urists hold different opinions concerning which is better for a traveler; to keep his fast in Ramadan or break it. Abu Hanifah, Malik and Ash-Shafi`i maintain that it's better for a traveler to fast in Ramadan, as long as he is able to fast and it doesn't endanger him.





鈻篳Umar ibn `Abdul-`Aziz, Mujahid and Qatadah said that the easier for the traveler the better. This is really a good view selected by Ibn Al-Munzir. Some scholars maintain that a traveler is free to choose between the two options, either to fast or break fast, and both cases have the same status.





鈻衡柡Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi states





I myself prefer the opinion of the righteous Caliph `Umar ibn `Abdul-`Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him), because whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was given two options, he used to choose the easier. So, for a man who finds it easier to fast when people are fasting and difficult to make up when people are not fasting, it is preferable to fast. Conversely, if a traveler finds it difficult for him to fast while traveling, such as a person traveling on land, and it is easier for him to make up for the broken fast on other days, then he'd rather break fast.


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鈻篢raveling in the Daytime during Ramadan


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鈻篒s It Better for a Traveler to Fast or Not Fast?


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鈻篢raveling in Ramadan; Should I Shorten Prayer and Break Fast?


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