Wife Having Intercourse on Day She Is Fasting to Make Up For Ramadan

5-6-2002 | IslamWeb

Question:

A man and his wife were fasting one day. The man was fasting Nafelah (not Ramadan) and the wife was making up for some days that she break fast in Ramadan. During this day, they decided to break fast to have intercourse thinking that it is lawful and that they only have to make up for this day. Please advise about Islam's ruling in the above issue.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

At first, you are not allowed to spoil your wife's fast since she is making up for the missed days of Ramadan, which is not permitted to be violated because it is an obligation for the person who starts it.

As for you, there is no blame on you because your fast is supererogatory and one who observes optional fast is allowed to break his fast when he likes, especially if one breaks it for a sound Islamic reason.

With regard to making up for spoiling the optional fast, then this is not required. As for a person (like your wife) whose fast is spoiled, she has to make up for the missed day since her fast was obligatory, in addition, she has to seek Allah's Pardon.

Allah knows best.