Islam Question and Answer - Exams are not an excuse for not fasting in Ramadaan

Mon 30/6/1433 - 21/5/2012

» Ruling on gathering to eat, offer condolences and recite Qur’aan together.

» Getting a civil divorce to avoid prison for the husband who has another wife.

» Will the members of a family all be together in Paradise?.

» Her mother is in love with her husband’s brother and she is the one who writes the love letters for her!.

» He wants to share out his money between his two young daughters because he fears that his heirs will be unjust to them.

» It is permissible to wipe over the khuffayn with a cloth or for someone else to wipe them.

» If the zaani (fornicator) admits to paternity of his illegitimate child, should the child be attributed to him?.

» Is it permissible to lie to kaafirs?.

» He is affected by waswaas and swore: “If I get carried away with it again, I will be a kaafir”.

» His parents want to separate, and each of them wants him to be on their side.

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Exams are not an excuse for not fasting in Ramadaan

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I have exam in ramadan for 6 hours and half,continous with 45 minutes break during the exam.I took this exam last year,but I didn't concntrate because I was fasting.
can I break my fast in this day of my exam?

Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible to break the fast for the reason you mention, rather it is haraam, because it is not included in the reasons for which one is allowed not to fast in Ramadaan.

From Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, vol. 10, p. 240

It should be noted that fasting in Ramadaan is an obligation upon every accountable Muslim, and no one is excused from fasting at the time of fasting except for those who have valid excuses, who are granted the concession of being allowed not to fast, such as the sick, travelers, pregnant and breastfeeding women, the very old and those who are forced to break their fast.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid