Fasting: Breaking Qadā’ Fasts in Sha‘bān — What’s the Ruling Before or After Noon?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Fasting: Breaking Qadā’ Fasts in Sha‘bān — What’s the Ruling Before or After Noon?
English:
Question #801:
A person was liable to perform the qaḍā’ of ten Ramadan fasts and he started them on the 21th of Sha‘bān. Can he break the fast intentionally before or after the noon? And, if he does, what is the kaffārah for breaking it before or after the noon?
Answer #801:
In this case, by obligatory caution it is not permissible for him to break his fast intentionally. However, if he does break his fast intentionally before noon, he does not have to pay any kaffārah. But if he breaks it intentionally in the afternoon, his kaffārah is to feed ten needy persons. If he cannot afford to do so, he shall keep three fasts.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting