A person working in oil fields experienced a state of janabah after waking up during their break and could not find water to perform ghusl. They continued fasting until returning home the next day.
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Peace be upon you.
Ayatollah Al-Sistani (may Allah protect him):
- Regarding your fast on the day you woke up in a state of janabah, it does not invalidate your fast.
- As for the next day, since you also fasted without performing ghusl, you are required to perform tayammum before dawn instead of ghusl when water is unavailable.
- Since you did not perform tayammum, your fast is considered invalid, and you must make up for it and pay a kaffarah, as it is a deliberate act of remaining in a state of janabah.
If your ignorance about the necessity of tayammum was due to a lack of knowledge, then your fast is valid and you have no penalty.
It is possible that the obligation to make up for the fast due to deliberately remaining in a state of janabah until dawn during Ramadan is a punishment imposed on the fasting person, not due to the invalidation of the fast. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the intention to refrain from anything that breaks the fast on that day with the intention of drawing closer to Allah, without specifying whether it is a legal fast or merely for discipline.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Invalidators, M 992 + 996 + Minhaj al-Salihin - Vol. 1 - Completion of Committing Invalidators by Mistake, Coercion, or Necessity
Ayatollah Al-Khamenei (may Allah protect him):
- Regarding your fast on the day you woke up in a state of janabah, it does not invalidate your fast.
- As for the next day, since you also fasted without performing ghusl, you are required to perform tayammum before dawn instead of ghusl when water is unavailable.
- Since you did not perform tayammum, your fast is considered invalid, and you must make up for it and pay a kaffarah.
However, if you were certain that remaining in a state of janabah (in this case) does not invalidate the fast, and you performed ghusl and fasted based on that, then your fast is valid, although it is good to observe caution by making up for it.
Source: Obligations of Fasting, Avoiding Invalidators of Fasting, Masturbation + Remaining in a State of Janabah or Menstruation until Dawn, M 847 + Cases Requiring Make-up and Kaffarah for Deliberate Acts + Message on Prayer and Fasting - Fasting - Obligations of Fasting - Avoiding Invalidators of Fasting - Remaining in a State of Janabah or Menstruation until Dawn - M 846
May you be successful in all good.