YOGYAKARTA - It is common for some people to sleep all day while performing the Ramadan fast. Regarding whether sleeping all day cancels fasting, people will answer no. But what is the view of fiqh? This article will provide information for you.
Does Sleeping All Day Cancel Fasting?Quoted from the official website of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Lampung, most of the ulama, including from the view of the ulama of the Syafi'i madzhab, argue that sleeping all day does not invalidate fasting as long as they intend to fast at night. This view is explained by Imam an-Nawawi in al-Majmu' Syarah al-Muhadzdzab.
When he sleeps all day and has already slept a part of the night, his fast is valid on the basis of that, said the majority. Abu Taib bin Salma and Abu Sa'id al-Istishkhari said that it is not valid, and Ibn al-Bundaniji narrated it from Ibn Suruj as well, and the reason of the majority in the book.
This means:
If a fasting person sleeps all day while he has intended to fast at night, then his fast is valid. This is according to the view of the Shafi'i madzhab, and this view is also accepted by the majority of scholars. However, according to Abu Thayyib bin Salamah and Abu Said Al-Ishthakhriy, such fasting is not valid. While Al-Bandaniji also narrated this view from Ibnu Suraij. The evidence is all from the Qur'an.
The same thing is also explained in the book entitled Fiqih Puasa Praktis which was written by Buya Yahya. In the book it is explained that sleeping is not included in what cancels fasting.
Even though it doesn't cancel fasting, sleeping all day is considered to lower the quality of fasting. In fact, it is feared that fasting that is expected to bring great rewards will only bring hunger and thirst, alias nothing. This can happen because sleeping all day during fasting has the potential to leave mandatory and sunnah worship that should be considered.
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