THINGS WHICH SPOIL THE FAST

THINGS WHICH SPOIL THE FAST
    1) Ramadan fast is spoiled if a person deliberately eats, drinks, or indulges in sexual  intercourse.
        a) Deliberate eating or drinking, spoils the fast and necessitates asking for forgiveness.

        b) Deliberate sexual intercourse spoils the fast and necessitates qada (restitution) of an other days' fast in place of it as well as Kaffara (atonement).

 
Kaffara is to set free a slave, or a fast of two consecutive months,or the feeding of sixty poor people.

This is based on the following story:
"A man told the Prophet: "I have commited a deadly sin.
The Prophet asked : "what was it?"
The man said: "I slept with my wife during Ramadan
"Have you any slave to set free?" the Prophet asked.
"No," answered the man.
"Can you fast for two consecutive months ?"
the Prophet asked.
"No," said the man.
Can you afford to feed sixty poor people ?
"No," again replied the man.
Whereupon the Prophet went into his house, brought some dates and told the man : "Take these and give them to some poor people."
The man asked :"Can I find any poorer than my own family ?"
Laughing the Prophet said: "Then, take the to your family."

     As for restitution, Abu Da'ud al- Athram and Ibn Maja reported that the Prophet had ordered the man who, slept with his wife during Ramadan fast to fast another day instead, in addition to the Kaffara.

    2) Fasting is also spoiled if a person deliberately vomits.

    In this case he has to fast a day in restitution. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet had said "He who forces himself to vomit shall fast another day instead".
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