One who breaks his fast on a day of Ramadan

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I am ruined. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What has ruined you? He said: I have had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Free a slave. He said: I do not have a slave. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fast two consecutive months. He said: I do not have the strength for that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then feed sixty poor people. He said: I do not have that either. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sit down. So he sat down. Meanwhile, some dates were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Take this, go and give it in charity. He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By the One who sent you with the truth, there is no household between its two lava plains (of Madinah) more in need of it than us. On hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled so broadly that his blessed teeth became visible. Then he said: Take this and feed it to your family.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I have broken a fast of Ramadan. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give charity, seek forgiveness from Allah Almighty, and make up one day of fasting in place of that day.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever leaves even one fast of Ramadan without a valid excuse, even if he fasts his whole life, it cannot make up for it (he cannot reach its reward).

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever deliberately breaks a fast of Ramadan without travel and without illness cannot make it up, even if he fasts his whole life.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever deliberately does not keep a fast of Ramadan, even if he fasts his whole life, it cannot be made up.

It is narrated from Ibrahim and Amir (al-Sha'bi) regarding a person who deliberately does not keep a fast of Ramadan; they both said: He should seek forgiveness from Allah and repent, not do it again, and make up one day in its place.

(It is also narrated) from Ibn Abi Khalid from Amir (al-Sha'bi) regarding one who deliberately breaks a fast of Ramadan; they both said: He should seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him, not do it again, and make up one day in its place.

Ibn al-Musayyib said: If a person deliberately leaves one fast of Ramadan, he owes a month of fasting as its make-up.

Ibrahim said: He owes three thousand days of fasting (as make-up).

Asim said: I asked Jabir bin Zayd Abu al-Sha'tha': Has anything reached you about a person who breaks a fast of Ramadan, what he should do? He said: No, but he should make up one day in its place and also do some good deed along with it.

Ibrahim said: He should repent, seek forgiveness, and make up one day in its place.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said, regarding a person who deliberately breaks a fast of Ramadan: He should seek forgiveness, repent, and make up one fast in its place.

Ya'la bin Hakim said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr: If a person deliberately breaks a fast of Ramadan, what is his expiation? He said: I do not know what his expiation is; it is a sin he has committed. He should seek forgiveness and make up one day in its place.

Ibrahim said: He should seek forgiveness and make up one day in its place.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that a man mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he had been burnt (ruined). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him about it, and he mentioned that he had had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan. Then a basket called araq, containing some dates, was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Where is the burnt one? The man stood up, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Give this in charity.