The Provision And Sharia Qualification of Fasting Expension

Without an excuse, It is haram to break a fast that started and a person who breaks such a fast in this way becomes a sinner. Atonement is justified so that the person who breaks the fast without such an excuse can be saved from sin. According to the Hanafis and Malikis, knowingly and willingly, with anything without an excuse; According to Shafi’i and Hanbalis, if the Ramadan fast is broken by sexual intercourse, the person who broke the fast is responsible for atonement. While atonement is a sanction that predominates in terms of punishment according to Hanafis, there are opinions in Maliki, Shafi’i and Hanbali jurisprudence that it is both a punishment and justified for compensation. While atonement is obligatory according to the majority of Islamic scholars, there are also scholars, albeit very few, who argue that atonement is not required for breaking the fast. Fasting atonement is a prohibited act of worship that is legitimized to compensate for the sin of the broken fast, and it is not a mandatory punishment. This is because, in the final analysis, the authority to make judgments belongs to Almighty Allah, and the prophet does not have the authority to abolish a fard/wajib. The fact that the Prophet (pbuh) allowed the Bedouin to eat dates with his family shows that the order regarding atonement is not binding. On the other hand, it is not appropriate to accept the atonement of fasting as a punishment because the atonement is the taxpayer’s own act and it contains many worldly and otherworldly benefits. On the contrary, it is an opportunity and a treat given to compensate for the sin caused by breaking the fast.