Breaking a Very Long Fast Because of Severe Exhaustion - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3

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Question 47

We live in Sweden and have only about four hours at night for eating and drinking. We find fasting difficult because the eating period is short and we cannot eat enough for a twenty-hour fast. We have begun to experience exhaustion, loss of energy, lethargy and dizziness throughout the day. We can do little other than sleep, and even sleep is poor because of fatigue. Is this a justification for breaking the fast, even for a few days to recover before resuming it?

Source: Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 47; Page 17; FIQH-MISC-V3-Q047. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗