Fasting: Traveled During Last Days of Ramadan — How Many Fasts Must Be Made Up?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Traveled During Last Days of Ramadan — How Many Fasts Must Be Made Up?

English:

Question #821:

A person fasted from the first day of Ramadan until the twenty-seventh. On the morning of the twenty-eighth day he traveled to Dubai. Arriving there on the twenty-ninth, he noticed that they had declared that day as the first of Shawwāl and ‘Īd of Fiṭr there. Now that he has returned to his hometown, does he have to make up for the fasts he missed? If he does qaḍā’ of only one day then the month of Ramadan for him will be only twenty-eight days, and if he makes up for two days, then on the 29th day he was present in a place where the ‘Īd was declared. What is the ruling for such a person?

Answer #821:

If the twenty-ninth day of Ramadan was declared the ‘Īd in accordance with valid and shar‘ī criteria, then he does not have to perform qaḍā’ for that day. But on the assumption that both places have the same horizon, it indicates that he missed fasting at the beginning of the month. Therfore, he should make up for the two missed fasts.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting