Dr. Zakir: Allah (swt) says in the previous verse in Surah Baqara ch. No. 2 verse no. 184 that
“Those who are ill or on a journey they can make up their fast later on or for a person for whom fasting is difficult he can either fast or he can give a ransom feeding of an indigent person but let them know that fasting is better”
So this proves that fasting is better though they are exempted if they want there’s no sin on them they can keep them later on but it is better and we find in several hadith
If we read the hadith of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saws) it’s mentioned in Sahih Muslim vol. no. 2 book of fasting hadith no. 2492 that
“There was a time when the Sahabas they traveled with the Prophet and because it was very hot none of them fasted except the Prophet Muhammad (saws) and one sahaba Abdullah bin Abi Rawa.
There’s another hadith several other hadith in Sahih Muslim vol. no. 2 book of fasting hadith no. 2472 & 2473 that
“The companions they traveled with the Prophet and some of the companions fasted and some did not fast and when the Prophet when he came to know that it was becoming difficult for the companions to fast he broke the fast”
In another hadith Sahih Muslim vol. no. 2 book of fasting hadith no. 2472
“Once when the Prophet in the year of the victory of Makkah goes to a place along with the sahabas and he realizes that some of the sahabas who were fasting they were finding it difficult to fast so the Prophet at the as prayer time he took a goblet of water and he drank he broke the fast so that it becomes easier for the others”
But form all these hadith we come to know that the Prophet preferred to fast unless it is was difficult and he broke the fast why? Because the other companions they found it difficult he did not wanted to put them in a critical situation therefore he broke the fast but from here we come to know that fasting is better if you can if you cannot then there’s is no problem you may not fast and make up the fast later on.
Further we come to know it is preferable to fast why? Because if a person delays his fasting if he’s traveling and God forbid if his life comes to an end or whatever it is then that would yet be a thing which is left for him to do a Faraidh. So if a person can fast while traveling it’s preferable that he fasts and furthermore when you are traveling in the month of Ramadhaan, when the people around you they fast so it’s easier in that sense when you come back home and the month of Ramadhaan is over so if you individually want to fast when no one else is fasting it becomes many a times difficult so that’s one of the reasons also that if you can do it with the hardship and fast while traveling it’s better and even sawaab is more.
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