The one who is fasting a voluntary fast and he ate and drank forgetfully.

[عبد الله بن مسلم]

Shaykh Mashhoor bin Hasan Aal-Salmaan

Question:

The one who is fasting a voluntary fast : and he ate and drank forgetfully .

What is upon him ?

Answer:

Some fuqahaa (jurists) - like those on the school of opinion of Imaam Maalik (rahimahullaah) - differentiate between the fardh (obligatory) and the (naafil) voluntary fast.

But what is correct among the scholars is that ; there is no difference (in the rulings) of the obligatory and voluntary fast.

The Prophet ( sallaAllaahu 'alayhi wasallam ) says :
" Whoever forgets while fasting and eats or drinks : he should complete his fast, for it is Allaah who has fed him and given him drink." [1]

And he ( sallaAllaahu 'alayhi wasallam ) did not (specify) and say "while fasting the obligatory fast."

So whoever eats or drinks forgetfully - while in the obligatory or voluntary fast - then he completes his fast : for it is Allaah who has fed him and given him drink.

Shaykh Mashhoor bin Hasan aal-Salmaan

Footnotes:
[1] Agreed Upon


Source : 100 Fataawa of Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan, Fatwa Number 97

Translation by : Aboo Waheeda as-Salafee